ld: library not found for -lzstd while bundle install for mysql2 gem Ruby on macOS Big Sur 11.4

Question

while running bundle install

An error occurred while installing mysql2 (0.5.3), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install mysql2 -v '0.5.3' --source 'https://rubygems.org/'` succeeds before bundling.

Rails app 6.1.3

Bundler version 2.2.19

macOS Big Sur 11.4

in the Gemfile

ruby '2.6.6'
gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.3', '>= 6.1.3.1'
gem 'mysql2'

in the Gemfile.lock mysql is at 0.5.3

when I run bundle install it crashes with the normal:

Examining the build error, which appears earlier in the output, the build error appears to be: (full results below)

 ld: library not found for -lzstd

The full results from bundle install are

jason@MacBook-Air  % bundle install    
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/........
Using rake 13.0.3
Using concurrent-ruby 1.1.8
Using rack 2.2.3
Using nio4r 2.5.7
Using builder 3.2.4
Using marcel 1.0.1
Using mini_portile2 2.5.1
Using multi_json 1.15.0
Using method_source 1.0.0
Using crass 1.0.6
Using thor 1.1.0
Using public_suffix 4.0.6
Using execjs 2.7.0
Using aws-eventstream 1.1.1
Using aws-partitions 1.447.0
Using jmespath 1.4.0
Using bcrypt 3.1.16
Using betterlorem 0.1.2
Using bindex 0.8.1
Using msgpack 1.4.2
Using popper_js 1.16.0
Using ffi 1.15.0
Using tilt 2.0.10
Using bundler 2.2.19
Using byebug 11.1.3
Using regexp_parser 2.1.1
Using childprocess 3.0.0
Using connection_pool 2.2.5
Using rexml 3.2.5
Using orm_adapter 0.5.0
Using diff-lcs 1.4.4
Using unf_ext 0.0.7.7
Using docile 1.3.5
Using e2mmap 0.1.0
Using erubis 2.7.0
Using ffaker 2.18.0
Using finishing_moves 1.0.1
Using raabro 1.4.0
Using temple 0.8.2
Using sexp_processor 4.15.2
Using hashdiff 1.0.1
Using hiredis 0.6.3
Using honeybadger 4.8.0
Using kaminari-core 1.2.1
Using rb-fsevent 0.10.4
Using ruby_dep 1.5.0
Using ruby2_keywords 0.0.4
Fetching mysql2 0.5.3
Using minitest 5.14.4
Using zeitwerk 2.4.2
Using parslet 1.8.2
Using puma 3.12.6
Using rails_http_options 0.1.0
Using redis 4.2.5
Using rubyzip 2.3.0
Using semantic_range 3.0.0
Using rspec-support 3.10.2
Using simple-random 1.0.3
Using simplecov-html 0.12.3
Using simplecov_json_formatter 0.1.2
Using spring 2.1.1
Using sqlite3 1.4.2
Using stripe 5.32.1
Using vcr 6.0.0
Using i18n 1.8.10
Using tzinfo 2.0.4
Using rack-test 1.1.0
Using sprockets 3.7.2
Using warden 1.2.9
Using rack-attack 6.5.0
Using rack-cors 1.1.1
Using rack-protection 2.1.0
Using rack-proxy 0.6.5
Using sitemap_generator 6.1.2
Using addressable 2.7.0
Using autoprefixer-rails 10.2.4.0
Using aws-sigv4 1.2.3
Using bootsnap 1.7.4
Using sassc 2.4.0
Using crack 0.4.5
Using unf 0.1.4
Using haml 5.2.1
Using ruby_parser 3.15.1
Using rb-inotify 0.10.1
Using mustermann 1.1.1
Using thwait 0.2.0
Using sidekiq 6.2.1
Using websocket-extensions 0.1.5
Using activesupport 6.1.3.2
Using aws-sdk-core 3.114.0
Using simpleidn 0.2.1
Using et-orbi 1.2.4
Using faker 2.17.0
Using sass-listen 4.0.0
Using launchy 2.5.0
Using listen 3.1.5
Using rspec-core 3.10.1
Using rspec-expectations 3.10.1
Using rspec-mocks 3.10.2
Using selenium-webdriver 3.142.7
Using simplecov 0.21.2
Using sinatra 2.1.0
Using webmock 3.12.2
Using erubi 1.10.0
Using mini_mime 1.0.3
Using racc 1.5.2
Using ruby_http_client 3.5.2
Using nokogiri 1.11.3
Using websocket-driver 0.7.3
Using globalid 0.4.2
Using activemodel 6.1.3.2
Using mail 2.7.1
Using aws-sdk-kms 1.43.0
Using dnsruby 1.61.5
Using factory_bot 6.1.0
Using fugit 1.4.5
Using sass 3.7.4
Using jbuilder 2.11.2
Using rspec 3.10.0
Using sendgrid-ruby 6.4.0
Using shoulda-matchers 4.5.1
Using simplecov-rcov 0.2.3
Using split 3.4.1
Using spring-watcher-listen 2.0.1
Using rails-dom-testing 2.0.3
Using loofah 2.9.1
Using activejob 6.1.3.2
Using activerecord 6.1.3.2
Using aws-sdk-s3 1.93.1
Using xpath 3.2.0
Using html2haml 2.2.0
Using roo 2.8.3
Using rspec-wait 0.0.9
Using rufus-scheduler 3.7.0
Using webdrivers 4.6.0
Using rails-html-sanitizer 1.3.0
Using sidekiq-scheduler 3.0.1
Using capybara 3.35.3
Using counter_culture 2.8.0
Using actionview 6.1.3.2
Using kaminari-activerecord 1.2.1
Using actionpack 6.1.3.2
Using kaminari-actionview 1.2.1
Using nonschema_migrations 5.0.2
Using actionmailer 6.1.3.2
Using railties 6.1.3.2
Using sprockets-rails 3.2.2
Using kaminari 1.2.1
Using activestorage 6.1.3.2
Using activerecord-session_store 2.0.0
Using font_awesome5_rails 1.4.0
Using actioncable 6.1.3.2
Using haml-rails 2.0.1
Using sass-rails 5.1.0
Using jquery-rails 4.4.0
Using rspec-rails 5.0.1
Using web-console 4.1.0
Using webpacker 5.2.1
Using actionmailbox 6.1.3.2
Using actiontext 6.1.3.2
Using sassc-rails 2.1.2
Using responders 3.0.1
Using bootstrap 4.4.1
Using rails 6.1.3.2
Using factory_bot_rails 6.1.0
Using devise 4.7.3
Using turbo-rails 0.5.9 from https://github.com/hotwired/turbo-rails.git (at main@2945dcb)
Using stimulus-rails 0.2.3
Using stripe-rails 2.3.0
Using universal-track-manager 0.6.1.alpha
Using paranoia 2.4.3
Using spf-query 0.1.5 from https://github.com/trailofbits/spf-query.git (at master@6dac502)
Installing mysql2 0.5.3 with native extensions
Using hot-glue 0.1.1
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /Users/jason/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.6/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/ext/mysql2
/Users/jason/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.6/bin/ruby -I /Users/jason/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0 -r
./siteconf20210604-8580-1kmtwzs.rb extconf.rb
checking for rb_absint_size()... yes
checking for rb_absint_singlebit_p()... yes
checking for rb_wait_for_single_fd()... yes
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Using mysql_config at /opt/homebrew/bin/mysql_config
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checking for mysql.h... yes
checking for errmsg.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_DISABLED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_PREFERRED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_REQUIRED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_VERIFY_CA in mysql.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_VERIFY_IDENTITY in mysql.h... yes
checking for MYSQL.net.vio in mysql.h... yes
checking for MYSQL.net.pvio in mysql.h... no
checking for MYSQL_ENABLE_CLEARTEXT_PLUGIN in mysql.h... yes
checking for SERVER_QUERY_NO_GOOD_INDEX_USED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SERVER_QUERY_NO_INDEX_USED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SERVER_QUERY_WAS_SLOW in mysql.h... yes
checking for MYSQL_OPTION_MULTI_STATEMENTS_ON in mysql.h... yes
checking for MYSQL_OPTION_MULTI_STATEMENTS_OFF in mysql.h... yes
checking for my_bool in mysql.h... no
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Don't know how to set rpath on your system, if MySQL libraries are not in path mysql2 may not load
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Setting libpath to /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mysql/8.0.25_1/lib
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creating Makefile

current directory: /Users/jason/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.6/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/ext/mysql2
make "DESTDIR=" clean

current directory: /Users/jason/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.6/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/ext/mysql2
make "DESTDIR="
compiling client.c
compiling infile.c
compiling mysql2_ext.c
compiling result.c
compiling statement.c
linking shared-object mysql2/mysql2.bundle
ld: library not found for -lzstd
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [mysql2.bundle] Error 1

make failed, exit code 2

Gem files will remain installed in /Users/jason/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.6/gems/mysql2-0.5.3 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/jason/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.6/extensions/-darwin-20/2.6.0/mysql2-0.5.3/gem_make.out

An error occurred while installing mysql2 (0.5.3), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install mysql2 -v '0.5.3' --source 'https://rubygems.org/'` succeeds before bundling.

In Gemfile:
  mysql2
jason@MacBook-Air  % 

I have already successfully run brew install mysql ... if I run it again it tells me:

Warning: mysql 8.0.25_1 is already installed and up-to-date. To reinstall 8.0.25_1, run: brew reinstall mysql

Answer 1

Thanks for all the help provided here, none of the solutions worked for me because bundler was not able to read the config properly, instead I used all the info found here and used the following command

gem install mysql2 -v '0.5.3' -- --with-opt-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl) --with-ldflags=-L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/zstd/1.5.0/lib

Change your mysql1 version accordingly