From: degreane <degreane@...>
Date: 2007-10-12T17:00:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with Gem

On Oct 3, 6:02 pm, Eric Hodel <drbr...@segment7.net> wrote:
> On Oct 2, 2007, at 19:42 , David Siebert wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install support for SQLite using Gem but I get this
> > error
> > "Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> > ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
> >     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> > ruby extconf.rb install sqlite3-ruby
> > can't find header files for ruby."
> > I do have ruby.h installed on my system but gem can not seem to
> > find it.
> > Any suggestions?
>
> What does this say:
>
> ruby -rrbconfig -e 'puts File.join(Config::CONFIG["rubylibdir"],
> Config::CONFIG["arch"], "ruby.h")'
>
> --
> Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The
> best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars



it says /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-linux/ruby.h
I have the same problem while installing fxruby
gem install fxruby
regards