From: eoghan <eoghanj@...>
Date: 2008-03-22T19:05:10+09:00
Subject: Re: gem error

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Daniel Bye <ruby@slightlystrange.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 01:38:03AM +0900, eoghan wrote:
>  > Hi
>  > Im attempting to install mongrel using gem, i have:
>  > gem 1.0.1
>  > ruby 1.8.6
>  > when i run sudo gem install mongrel
>  > i get the following message:
>  > Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>  > ERROR:  Error installing mongrel:
>  >       ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>  >
>  > /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install mongrel
>  > creating Makefile
>  >
>  > make
>  > sh: make: command not found
>
>  Looks like you don't have `make' on your system (or in your $PATH).
>  If that's the case, install it (dunno anything about foresight Linux,
>  so can't help with that) and try again.

DOH! Thanks Dan, problem solved.

Eoghan