From: Reprisal <nepenthereprisal@...>
Date: 2006-09-27T01:39:58+09:00
Subject: Re: fixrbconfig on Mac OS X Tiger

Ruby is also available via DarwinPorts which is pretty nice.  I'd  
recommend doing a clean install either via port or manually compiling  
it.  It will take more CPU time but probably less of your own time  
and provide a cleaner result in the end.  With out the developer  
tools you wont be able to do anything, because you wont have gcc.   
Grab the tools from your install disk or http://developer.apple.com/ 
tools/ .

On Sep 26, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Hans Fugal wrote:

> Bill Whitacre wrote:
>> I'm trying to get the Mac OS X Ruby fix to run -- from p.24 of  
>> "Agile Web Development with Rails"
>> I can d/l it ok with
>> sudo gem install fixrbconfig
>> but then when I run sudo fixrbconfig I get:
>>> ====================
>>> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.0/ruby.h does not exist.  This  
>>> probably means you haven't yet installed Xcode from the Tiger  
>>> DVD.  You won't be able to compile Ruby extensions without it.  
>>> Please install it then rerun this program.
>
> Did you install XCode? Maybe you have an intel mac, not a powerpc  
> mac? I don't know if the script does or doesn't work with intel  
> macs, but it worked for my powerpc iBook G4. I'm getting a MacBook  
> soon, so I'll be watching the thread with interest. I'm probably  
> going to just compile my own ruby though. It's too late for me on  
> the iBook to go that route, but I think it's a bit cleaner.
>