gem install mysql on windows (xp)



hi. i'm trying to "gem install mysql" on windows. what i get is ...
(please, see below). i scanned a few of forums, blogs an groups, but
not found a clear and simple newbie answer. any help to solve this and
progree further will be appreciated.

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\mysql-2.7>"c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe"
"c:\ruby\bin\gem
" install mysql
Attempting local installation of 'mysql'
Local gem file not found: mysql*.gem
Attempting remote installation of 'mysql'
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for
inspection.
ruby extconf.rb install mysql\nchecking for mysql_query() in
mysqlclient.lib..
.. no
checking for main() in m.lib... yes
checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no
checking for main() in z.lib... no
checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no
checking for main() in socket.lib... no
checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no
checking for main() in nsl.lib... no
checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no

Results logged to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out
MSH C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\mysql-2.7>

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