From: Igal Koshevoy <igal@...>
Date: 2008-06-30T22:21:40+09:00
Subject: Re: How install a gem which needs library at a special locatin

Philippe Philos wrote:
> I tried to install fxruby-1.6.15 with gem 1.2 under ruby 187 on a Linux
> Fedora box. The Fox library is in /usr/local/fox-1633 directory.
>
> The gem install fxruby fails because (of course) the ruby extconf.rb
> command can' t found the Fox include and Fox library. It needs the
> --with-fox-dir directive.
>
> So, How can I do that within the gem installer ?
Please see this page for instructions: http://www.fxruby.org/doc/gems.html

-igal