From: Bruce Hobbs Date: 2002-07-04T02:42:46+09:00 Subject: Re: Make fails with missing header file (OS X) At 11:13 PM +0900 on 7/3/2002, Chris Gehlker wrote: >Ah, the famous "'dlfcn.h' not found". This ought to be a FAQ. > Shouldn't configure have addressed this? Perhaps if I were running a version of autoconf newer than 2.13? >Short Answer: >The easiest way around this problem is to temporarily adjust your PATH so >that fink's sw directory is not in it. Others have reported success by >simply creating a file named dlfcn.h somewhere in their path > I can confirm that a simple "touch dlfcn.h" in the Ruby directory was enough to permit the installation to complete successfully. Thanks! >Semi-Informative Answer: >By default, the Ruby build will attempt to build in Tcl/Tk support. If you >aren't running fink, this will simply fail and the build will continue. If >you are running fink, and have your PATH modified per the fink installer, it >will succeed just far enough to barf on the missing file. > I'm very much of a newbie in this area and didn't realize I was running fink. Here's the value of $PATH: /Users/bhobbs/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin:/Users/bhobbs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/usr/local/pgsql/man Out of curiosity, exactly what would I have needed to remove? -- Bruce Hobbs, CDP 856 N Monterey St Phone: 626-570-8028 Partner Alhambra, CA 91801-1574 Cell: 626-278-0273 Engineered Software brucehobbs@engineeredsw.com FAX: 208-474-0732