From: Wybo Dekker <wybo@...>
Date: 2005-02-20T23:32:46+09:00
Subject: Re: gem-newbie's first attempt...

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Martin Ankerl wrote:

> > extconf.rb:30:in `find_installed_fox_version': couldn't find FOX header
> 
> Hi! I think this means that you do not have the Fox libraries
> installed, which are required for fxruby. I don't know which
> distribution you use, but in gentoo you just have to type "emerge
> fox".
 
Hm, I installed fox-1.4.5.tar.gz but I'm still getting:

>sudo gem install fxri
Attempting local installation of 'fxri'
Local gem file not found: fxri*.gem
Attempting remote installation of 'fxri'
Install required dependency fxruby? [Yn]  y
Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-linux)
 1. fxruby 1.2.3 (mswin32)
 2. fxruby 1.2.3 (ruby)
 3. fxruby 1.2.2 (ruby)
 4. fxruby 1.2.2 (mswin32)
 5. fxruby 1.2.1 (mswin32)
 6. fxruby 1.2.1 (ruby)
 7. Cancel installation
> 2
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
extconf.rb:30:in `find_installed_fox_version': couldn't find FOX header
files (RuntimeError)
        from extconf.rb:155
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.2.3 for inspection.
  ruby extconf.rb install fxri\n

Results logged to
/home/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.2.3/ext/fox12/gem_make.out
 

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Wybo