From: KUBO Takehiro <kubo@...>
Date: 2008-06-30T23:44:47+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] ruby-oci8 1.0.2

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Jesse Hu <yizhih@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kubo,
>
> I failed to install ruby-oci8 gem on Linux.
>
> Error msg:
>
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing ruby-oci8:
>        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install ruby-oci8
> checking for load library path... ./oraconf.rb:359: warning: Insecure world
> writable dir /opt in PATH, mode 040777
> (LD_LIBRARY_PATH)...
> (ld.so.conf)...   not found
> checking for cc... ok
> checking for gcc... yes
> checking for LP64... no
> checking for ruby header... *** extconf.rb failed ***
> Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
> necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
> details.  You may need configuration options.
> My env:
>  ruby 1.8.6
>  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/oracle/11.1.0.1/client/lib

Is it an instant client rpm package?
I guess you didn't export LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
To check it, could you try the gem in the following URL?
    http://www.jiubao.org/tmp/ruby-oci8-1.0.2.gem

It prints more information on checking LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

-- 
KUBO Takehiro
kubo@jiubao.org