From: Mikael Larsson <mikael.x.larsson@...2.se>
Date: 2006-03-11T18:50:58+09:00
Subject: Re: gem + libxml

Ross Bamford wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 18:22 +0900, Mikael Larsson wrote:
>   
>> Ross Bamford wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 05:45 +0900, Mikael Larsson wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> Wat is wrong here ?? Do I need ruby source?
>>>>
>>>> linux:~ #
>>>> linux:~ # ruby -v
>>>> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i586-linux]
>>>> linux:~ # gem -v
>>>> 0.8.11
>>>> linux:~ # gem install libxml-ruby
>>>> Attempting local installation of 'libxml-ruby'
>>>> Local gem file not found: libxml-ruby*.gem
>>>> Attempting remote installation of 'libxml-ruby'
>>>> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>>>> can't find header files for ruby.
>>>> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
>>>>     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>>>> Gem files will remain installed in 
>>>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/libxml-ruby-0.3.6 for inspection.
>>>>   ruby extconf.rb install libxml-ruby\n
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Hmm, I think that the Ruby headers should always be installed, in your
>>> case it looks like they should be at:
>>>
>>> 	/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i586-linux/
>>>
>>> Could you verify the presence (or absence) of a bunch of .h files at
>>> that location? If they're not there, then you should probably grab a new
>>> Ruby install (is this one a package from your distro?).
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> found this
>> micke@linux:~/dvl/nexus/nexpre> ll /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i586-linux/
>> total 864
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  39492 2006-01-26 15:02 bigdecimal.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  43408 2006-01-26 15:02 curses.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  17212 2006-01-26 15:02 dbm.so
>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    152 2006-03-03 09:30 digest
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   7236 2006-01-26 15:02 digest.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  72872 2006-01-26 15:02 dl.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   6904 2006-01-26 15:02 enumerator.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   8144 2006-01-26 15:02 etc.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   4364 2006-01-26 15:02 fcntl.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  18552 2006-01-26 15:02 gdbm.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  13036 2006-01-26 15:02 iconv.so
>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     72 2006-03-03 09:30 io
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 135712 2006-01-26 15:02 nkf.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 217928 2006-01-26 15:02 openssl.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   8960 2006-01-26 15:02 pty.so
>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     80 2006-03-03 09:30 racc
>> -rw-r--r--  1 root root   6619 2006-01-26 15:00 rbconfig.rb
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  14972 2006-01-26 15:02 readline.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  22940 2006-01-26 15:02 sdbm.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  35688 2006-01-26 15:02 socket.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  16708 2006-01-26 15:02 stringio.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  15552 2006-01-26 15:02 strscan.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  89536 2006-01-26 15:02 syck.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  10560 2006-01-26 15:02 syslog.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  33008 2006-01-26 15:02 zlib.so
>>
>> Ruby comes with distro ( SUSE 10)
>>
>> //Mike
>>     
>
> Okay, it seems you're missing the headers. Couple of things you might
> try:
>
> 	+ Does Suse have a ruby-devel package ? If so, get that.
>
> 	+ Beg/borrow/steal the appropriate headers, and copy them to
> 	  that directory (maybe not a good idea).
>
> 	+ Alternatively, grab a copy of the source and build it
> 	  yourself. You could upgrade to 1.8.4 at the same time ;)
>
>   
There was a ruby-devel pakage, now it works!! Thanks for your help

//Mike