From: Shashank Tiwari <tshanky@...>
Date: 2010-02-27T01:33:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Installing Pg gem for PostGreSQL 8.4

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Are you installing this on a mac, windows or a linux environment? You may
need to make sure your C/C++ compiler is configured on the platform for the
native extensions to compile and install.

Thanks, Shashank

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Saeed Bhuta <saeed.bhuta@placr.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I want to save data from a ruby script into a table in a PostGreSQL 8.4
> database.
>
> After looking into PostGreSQL connectivity in Ruby, I have come accross
> the 'pg' gem.
>
> I attempted to install the gem with the command: 'sudo gem install pg'
> but got the following error:
> sudo gem install pg
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing pg:
>  ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb
> checking for main() in -lpq... no
> checking for main() in -llibpq... no
> checking for main() in -lms/libpq... no
> *** 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.
>
> Provided configuration options:
>  --with-opt-dir
>  --without-opt-dir
>  --with-opt-include
>  --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
>  --with-opt-lib
>  --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
>  --with-make-prog
>  --without-make-prog
>  --srcdir=.
>  --curdir
>  --ruby=/usr/bin/ruby1.8
>  --with-pg-dir
>  --without-pg-dir
>  --with-pg-include
>  --without-pg-include=${pg-dir}/include
>  --with-pg-lib
>  --without-pg-lib=${pg-dir}/lib
>  --with-pqlib
>  --without-pqlib
>  --with-libpqlib
>  --without-libpqlib
>  --with-ms/libpqlib
>  --without-ms/libpqlib
> Could not find PostgreSQL build environment (libraries & headers):
> Makefile not created
>
>
> Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/pg-0.8.0 for
> inspection.
> Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/pg-0.8.0/ext/gem_make.out
>
> Would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.
>
> Saeed.
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