# Any success compiling ruby-odbc for Mac OS X Leopard?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-success-compiling-ruby-odbc-for-mac-os-x-leopard/122009>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 3, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-success-compiling-ruby-odbc-for-mac-os-x-leopard/122009 "2007-12-03T20:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![rubylover](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@rubylover](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubylover)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-success-compiling-ruby-odbc-for-mac-os-x-leopard/122009/1 "2007-12-03T20:40:42Z")

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Has anyone had any luck compiling the ruby-odbc library on Mac OS X  
Leopard? I’ve been following the instructions found here (http://  
[www.napcsweb.com/blog/2007/03/08/15/](http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2007/03/08/15/)), which worked on Mac OS X  
Tiger. Everything works in Leopard, save for ruby-odbc. When I try  
to make the library, I get the following error:

cc -arch ppc -arch i386 -pipe -bundle -o odbc.bundle odbc.o -L"." -L"/  
System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib" -L. -  
arch ppc -arch i386 -lruby -liodbc -lpthread -ldl -lm  
Undefined symbols for architecture i386:  
“\_SQLConfigDataSource”, referenced from:  
\_conf\_dsn in odbc.o  
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386  
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status  
Undefined symbols for architecture ppc:  
“\_SQLConfigDataSource”, referenced from:  
\_conf\_dsn in odbc.o  
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture ppc  
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status  
lipo: can’t open input file: /var/tmp//cc7qgHlP.out (No such file or  
directory)  
make: \*\*\* [odbc.bundle] Error 1

Here’s the commands I am typing into the Terminal:

> ARCHFLAGS=“-arch i386” ruby extconf.rb  
> make

Anyone had any luck?

Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![rubylover](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@rubylover](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubylover)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-success-compiling-ruby-odbc-for-mac-os-x-leopard/122009/2 "2007-12-04T01:07:00Z")

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I installed ruby-odbc using MacPorts and it installed without any  
problems that I remember.