From: Mark Wilson <mwilson13@...>
Date: 2002-12-31T07:10:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Question - Problems with Ruby on My Mac

For more than using basic Ruby, I have found the pre-installed Ruby 
inadequate (I think the Ruby used is built without all of the 
libraries).  I change the pre-installed Ruby items to <title>.bak and 
then install Ruby 1.6.8 (which installs into /usr/local/bin -- the 
pre-installed Ruby is in /usr/bin).  You will have to make sure that 
/usr/local/bin is in your path.  Try 'echo $path' in your terminal 
shell to check this.

Before doing the above, however, you should make sure you have Mac OS X 
developer tools installed.  The most recent version (December 2002) is 
on the Apple Developer Connection website.  You may have to register to 
download the developer tools, but there is no charge for registration.

There are also Ruby/Mac OS X resources at

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RubyOnMacintosh




On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 03:40 PM, John Carnell wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I just bought a Mac Powerbook with OS 10.2 installed.  I installed the
> ruby developer pack.  I am having some trouble trying to build the
> MySQL Ruby Module (2.4.3A).  Every time I run the command:  ruby
> extconf.rb I get the following error message:
>
> can't find header files for ruby.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem before on and how did you get around
> it?
>
>     Thanks,
>          John Carnell
>          john.carnell@netchange.us
>