From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2008-07-11T04:46:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Error using sqlite gems

On Jul 10, 3:23 pm, Glen Holcomb <damnbig...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Andrea Aaa <marches...@libero.it> wrote:
> > Why i can't use sqlite3-ruby gems? it gives me this error:
>
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> > `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- sqlite3-ruby (LoadError)
>
> > but i installed it! by the way, when it asks me wich version of gem I
> > want to install:
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> > 1. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.2 (mswin32)
> > 2. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.2 (ruby)
> > 3. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.1 (mswin32)
> > 4. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.1 (ruby)
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> > if I choose 1 or 3, it works but when I try to use them i get the error
> > above, while if i choose 2 or 4, it gives me 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 --no-rdoc --no-ri
> > --include-dependencies --version > 0
>
> > Gem files will remain installed in
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.2 for inspection.
> > Results logged to
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> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.2/ext/sqlite3_api/gem_make.out
>
> > I really don't know what to do, also becaus I'm new with ruby....
>
> > Thanks for help
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> From that first error message I would guess your require line is wrong.  You
> will need require 'sqlite3' not require 'sqlite3-ruby'
>

It also requires you load rubygems:

require 'rubygems'
require 'sqlite3'

# your code.

--
Luis Lavena