From: Samantha <rubygeekgirl@...>
Date: 2007-03-02T01:29:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem Configuring Ruby Source in Linux

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On 3/1/07, Edward WIJAYA <ewijaya@i2r.a-star.edu.sg> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to Ruby, and I am trying to install Ruby-1.8.5
> in my linux box.
>
> However upon configuring it, I encounter
> the following problem:
>
> Checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C
> compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> And GCC versin is: gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)
>
> Can anybody suggest the right Ruby version
> I can install in my Linux?
> (I've also attached the config.log file).
>
> I'm planning to use Ruby On Rail with Ruby.
> Hope to hear from you again.
>
> --
> Edward
>
>
It looks like you're running RedHat or maybe Fedora?  It's been a while
since I've been in Fedora/RH, but can you install it via yum?

ie.

# yum install ruby

I am pretty sure I did that when I was trying to learn python a few years
ago...

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Samantha

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