From: matt <matt@...>
Date: 2007-01-15T10:08:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8.2 install missing mkmf.rb on Red Hat Linux

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 09:35 +0900, Bill McNeill wrote:
> My version of Ruby on Red Hat Linux is missing mkmf.rb.
> 
> $ irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'mkmf'
> LoadError: no such file to load -- mkmf
>         from (irb):1:in `require'
>         from (irb):1
> 
> $ ls /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf.rb
> ls: /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf.rb: No such file or directory
> 
> I was able to find reference to a similar bug in Ubuntu where the fix
> was to install a ruby-dev package, but I don't think that would apply
> to a Linux distribution.

Isn't Ubuntu a Linux Distro?

> Is mkmf.rb a post-1.8.2 file, or is this a bug?
> 
> What's the best fix?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
Which version of RH are you using, and which packaging method are you
using to install?  

Here's a partial of how Fedora breaks up it's RPM's 
Being that RH and FC are broken from the same branch, this might give
you a clue of which packages you need to install.

ruby.i386                                
ruby-devel.i386                          
ruby-docs.i386                           
ruby-irb.i386                            
ruby-libs.i386                           
ruby-mode.i386                          
ruby-rdoc.i386                           
ruby-ri.i386    

I wouldn't worry about filing a bug on this.  They made an architectural
decision to  proceed this way on purpose.  They are aware of it being
broken up into several units, and a bug report would just be closed out
as not a bug.

If you personally don't like it that way, then I would agree with
building from source, but a simple package install should get you going.

Matt