From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-08-02T10:32:58+09:00
Subject: Re: extconf.rb search path

On 8/1/05, Ara.T.Howard <Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Whenever I run extconf.rb for gnome2, it compiles against the gnome
> > libraries found in /usr.  I want it to compile against the gnome
> > libraries found in /usr/local.  Isn't that what it should do by
> > default?
> >
> > Anyways, how can I get the gnome2 Ruby extensions to compile against
> > the headers/libraries in /usr/local?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
> 
> try this
> 
>    ~ > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local:$LD_RUN_PATH ruby extconf.rb
> 
> perhaps your compiler will like this...
> 
> probably there is also a
> 
>    --with-gnome-dir=/usr/local
> 
> option for that extconf.
> 
> -a
> --

Weirdly, if I run /usr/local/bin/ruby (and not /usr/bin/ruby) on
extconf.rb, it uses libraries/headers in /usr/local (and not /usr).

So, part of it seems to depend on where Ruby is installed.