Cannot Install "mysql gem" on MacOS Sierra

Question

I am trying to install the mysql2 gem for one of my rails projects but I am getting an error. I run this command:

gem install mysql2

The error says:

ld: library not found for -lssl

However when I run:

brew install openssl

I get (which proves that I have the -lssl library):

Error: openssl-1.0.2f already installed
To install this version, first `brew unlink openssl`

And alternatively when I run (which proves I have mysql on my machine):

brew install mysql

I get:

Error: mysql-5.7.10 already installed
To install this version, first `brew unlink mysql`

Very lost and would love to solve this, thank you in advance. I am running brew version 1.0.4.

@BradJohnson thanks, I was able to get some hints from `brew doctor`, not a full solution though. See my answer below. — Robert Saunders, Sep 26 '16 at 15:44
Reference this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39617761/cant-install-mysql2-gem-on-macos-sierra — Robert Saunders, Sep 26 '16 at 15:46
Oh, yeah,maybe you need to rebrew mysql with those flags? Sorry, not a brew pro :) — Brad Johnson, Sep 26 '16 at 18:18

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '19 at 17:21

I am having the same problem on Mac OS Mojave.

The following worked for me. First – very important – I ran xcode and discovered it needed to install some crap again. Then I did

brew reinstall openssl 
gem install mysql2 -v '0.4.5' -- --with-ldflags=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include
bundle install

The second line is based on the answer here.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 06 '16 at 03:45

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I solved the same issue on my MacOS Sierra by refreshing gems reference:

gem source -r https://rubygems.org/
gem source -a https://rubygems.org/

edited Oct 06 '16 at 03:45

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answered Oct 06 '16 at 03:40

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Cannot Install "mysql gem" on MacOS Sierra

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