# Compiling wxRuby on Ubuntu 10.04 **URL:** \ **Category:** wxRuby\ **Created:** [October 24, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-wxruby-on-ubuntu-10-04/197984 "2010-10-24T02:17:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-wxruby-on-ubuntu-10-04/197984/1 "2010-10-24T02:17:24Z")
I tried following your instructions and everything was going ok until I got to the following step: > From: Quintus [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Now unpack wxRuby and > $ cd wxruby-2.0.1 > $ rake src/BitmapButton.cpp:3771: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments rake aborted! Command failed with status (1): [g++ -c -I/usr/local/lib/wx/include/gtk2-…] /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:993:in `block in sh' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:1008:in `call’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:1008:in `sh' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:1092:in `sh’ …/wxruby-2.0.1/rake/rakewx.rb:155:in `block in ' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:632:in `call’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:632:in `block in execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:629:in `each’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:629:in `execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:595:in `block in invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in `mon_synchronize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:588:in `invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:605:in `block in invoke_prerequisites' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:602:in `each’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:602:in `invoke_prerequisites' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:594:in `block in invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in `mon_synchronize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:588:in `invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:605:in `block in invoke_prerequisites' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:602:in `each’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:602:in `invoke_prerequisites' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:594:in `block in invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in `mon_synchronize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:588:in `invoke\_with\_call\_chain’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:581:in `invoke' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:2041:in `invoke\_task’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:2019:in `block (2 levels) in top_level' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:2019:in `each’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:2019:in `block in top_level' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:2058:in `standard\_exception\_handling’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:2013:in `top_level' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:1992:in `run’ /usr/local/bin/rake:31:in `’ Am I missing something? Thanks. -Philip ---
**Author:** ![pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pnomolos)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-wxruby-on-ubuntu-10-04/197984/2 "2010-10-24T10:37:03Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 24.10.2010 01:58, schrieb Philip S.: > rake aborted! > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:629:in `execute' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:602:in `each’ > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:2013:in `top_level' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rake.rb:1992:in `run’ > /usr/local/bin/rake:31:in `’ > > Am I missing something? Thanks. > > -Philip Your post is missing the actual error. The string literal warning occurs many times during compilation and shouldn’t lead to an interruption. Did you compile wxWidgets yourself? I’m wondering, because your include path shows /usr/local/lib/wx, which should be /usr/lib/wx I think. What is the output of $ ruby -rrbconfig -ve ‘puts RbConfig::CONFIG[“configure\_args”]’ $ dpkg -L libwxgtk2.8-dev $ which wx-config ? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/](http://enigmail.mozdev.org/) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMw+YAAAoJEGrS0YjAWTKV+RkH/i7omyXw2d5j+oyez8hCkL6B qbH7RkTtx3D5erLFPirB8UpSN1tuSigZq7pPX6uVSNvFN3F9vuLTDzzWXKz+zdWA 6SyDErzGjo8p4UatdUcKAaLpvsPUIduxSZeW2R21+iB2UhJ15+pcu5MIeRcM6wKb KpHF/tqQexrLxCrr8Kwx3mKEEGgShntw+CaI03nigXk1KDhGwkweexcH4CyJ6ReI 90OgqOgPfcABKtQ/SQxwMjIYLwllApETwqDQbgtZ3M8xJnzri8T0zJDdDhyMB84F oLJvmdXumguBmEjGxEB2ABCgfWqi2wsO/tqBiNN2a9QS9FB1hNyEwPInfLlnPGs= =xQy9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pnomolos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-wxruby-on-ubuntu-10-04/197984/3 "2010-10-25T05:27:54Z")
Marvin Gülker wrote in post #956682: > Your post is missing the actual error. The string literal warning occurs > many times during compilation and shouldn’t lead to an interruption. > Did you compile wxWidgets yourself? Yes I did. I’m wondering, because your include > path shows /usr/local/lib/wx, which should be /usr/lib/wx I think. > What is the output of > > $ ruby -rrbconfig -ve ‘puts RbConfig::CONFIG[“configure\_args”]’ > $ dpkg -L libwxgtk2.8-dev > $ which wx-config > > ? $ruby -rrbconfig -ve ‘puts RbConfig::CONFIG[“configure\_args”]’ ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [i686-linux] ‘–enable-shared’ $ dpkg -L libwxgtk2.8-dev /. /usr /usr/lib /usr/lib/wx /usr/lib/wx/include /usr/lib/wx/include/gtk2-unicode-release-2.8 /usr/lib/wx/include/gtk2-unicode-release-2.8/wx /usr/lib/wx/include/gtk2-unicode-release-2.8/wx/setup.h /usr/lib/wx/config /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-unicode-release-2.8 /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/libwxgtk2.8-dev /usr/share/doc/libwxgtk2.8-dev/changelog.gz /usr/share/doc/libwxgtk2.8-dev/copyright /usr/share/doc/libwxgtk2.8-dev/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_adv-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_aui-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_core-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_fl-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_gizmos-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_gizmos\_xrc-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_gl-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_html-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_media-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_ogl-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_plot-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_qa-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_richtext-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_stc-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_svg-2.8.so /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_xrc-2.8.so $ which wx-config /usr/local/bin/wx-config ---
**Author:** ![pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pnomolos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-wxruby-on-ubuntu-10-04/197984/4 "2010-10-25T16:06:15Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 25.10.2010 05:27, schrieb Philip S.: > > $ which wx-config > > /usr/lib > > /usr/share/doc/libwxgtk2.8-dev/changelog.gz > > /usr/lib/libwx\_gtk2u\_media-2.8.so It seems you have two wxWidgets installations, one in /usr (that’s that one from the Ubuntu repos) and one in /usr/local (probably self-compiled?). /usr/local/bin comes first in PATH, therefore the wxWidgets installation there is used by wxRuby. Try this: $ wx-config --prefix $ /usr/local/bin/wx-config --prefix #Same as above $ /usr/bin/wxconfig --prefix and two different wxWidgets prefixes will eventually be shown. Building on “top of the distro packages” should work fine, so I suggest you to uninstall the wxWidgets in /usr/local/ either by running $ sudo make uninstall in the source directory of the compiled wxWidgets, or, if you don’t have that source directory anymore, a $ cd /usr/local $ find -regex ‘._libwx._’ -or -regex ‘._/wx-._’ -or -name wxrc _should_ list all wxWidgets files under /usr/local. Deleting those _should_ result in a complete deletion of the wxWidgets installation in /usr/local. However, do review the list of found files; deleting something non-wxish unintentionally can cause problems (as you might imagine). For instance, on my system this shows some Python files: $ find -regex ‘._libwx._’ -or -regex ‘._/wx-._’ -or -name wxrc | grep py ./include/wx-2.8/wx/wxPython/pytree.h ./include/wx-2.8/wx/wxPython/pyistream.h ./include/wx-2.8/wx/wxPython/pydrawxxx.h ./include/wx-2.8/wx/wxPython/pyclasses.h ./share/doc/libwxgtk2.8-dev/copyright ./share/doc/libwxbase2.8-dev/copyright ./share/doc/libwxbase2.8-0/copyright ./share/doc/libwxgtk2.8-0/copyright Vale, Marvin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/](http://enigmail.mozdev.org/) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMxXf8AAoJEGrS0YjAWTKV3NQH/1bfYpXOVl3G7cQnBSk2h6gc +ekR7qKav4B/wSLs3nUH5LxTFm1c1w+lonv1doTrQ/k9/wJsPO75JAgRihyEOijW NYYXTHsbP+Z8ghDoiMd1COj4wG96+MsGlqPOk3oIkde4H0VzNOdCA48kH6AT7R6X vwbLrgZ8RjEvrOfOlS+sgSZcbeseEWg/rLTavmxQWBXLhRDlpv9cF2rRvn6PCxaQ Kmt4gXnibwRFr+xTNJAfqMCFbXoY5FxeLYREPpGsbIXvxvEdHAR5se89Z6Rv9Wfh snxNtzvo0dfv7DCwINNYh2veKjDaWCBue9Y4bG5HEdUKjoxU1Z11EoFqvXPFuLY= =Fk/f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pnomolos)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-wxruby-on-ubuntu-10-04/197984/5 "2010-10-26T20:24:12Z")
Hello All, Due to some issues with the setup of 10.10, I’ve been working on getting a new version of the wxRuby gems setup, and ready for you all. Currently, since it was the one requested by Phillip Stephens, I’ve posted a Ruby 1.9 Gem which can be downloaded from [http://www.trilake.net/wxRuby/wxruby-ruby19-2.0.1-x86-linux.gem](http://www.trilake.net/wxRuby/wxruby-ruby19-2.0.1-x86-linux.gem) This version of the gem, has been compiled to work without wxMediaCtrl compiled in with the main wxWidgets Library. I will be setting up a new distro in my Apt repository to upload new versions of the wxRuby library for i386 and x86\_64, specifically for Maverick Meerkat. I will be setting up my 64bit install of Ubuntu to host a VM for Lucid Lynx, to get installs for both 32bit and 64bit versions for 10.04. I apologize for the lateness in this post, but I was just able to get everything compiled, and uploaded. Please bear with me, as I get the repositories setup, and going with proper authentication of the source packages, and such. hth, Mario P.S. Installation instructions in a Copy & Paste Method for the Gem: wget [http://www.trilake.net/wxRuby/wxruby-ruby19-2.0.1-x86-linux.gem](http://www.trilake.net/wxRuby/wxruby-ruby19-2.0.1-x86-linux.gem) sudo gem install wxruby-ruby19-2.0.1-x86-linux.gem ---
**Author:** ![pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@pnomolos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pnomolos)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-wxruby-on-ubuntu-10-04/197984/6 "2010-10-26T23:00:37Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 26.10.2010 20:15, schrieb Mario S.: > distro in my Apt repository to upload new versions of the wxRuby library for > i386 and x86\_64, specifically for Maverick Meerkat. I will be setting up my > 64bit install of Ubuntu to host a VM for Lucid Lynx, to get installs for > both 32bit and 64bit versions for 10.04. I apologize for the lateness in > this post, but I was just able to get everything compiled, and uploaded. I’m really interested in how you managed to do a successful compile on Ubuntu Maverick. I’ve been trying to do that for more than a week now and still no success (see my previous posts on this lists, e.g. here: [Compiling wxWidgets/wxRuby on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick - wxRuby - Ruby-Forum](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/260671) ). Even if compilation was done without problems, I was bombed with segfaults when trying to use wxRuby, even with the minimal sample a click on the “File” menu made Ruby crash. Could you post some instructions on how to get that working (maybe in a new thread, as this is not what the OP is trying to do)? Vale, Marvin > sudo gem install wxruby-ruby19-2.0.1-x86-linux.gem > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/](http://enigmail.mozdev.org/) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMxz+NAAoJEGrS0YjAWTKVKKwH/2GwpoSvR3ur0ZUdi7JjLlhY iteTvnFlxUXYBJDCIgZkNZUZdRHydIy+HAfdXS2tBwFcejjFp+JCt6l0VTl+LrBw HjGogxD82xd6Rq+H8TDL0uJF//qtfJaIF2ikXkLnr5+TLmXf0pSpdNKLFp+SMMTS phPw1zdq5hyli2/gBr79oPPVpGLZzvpDs5VCEsEh7kQMUz40OOeCX5pR1Pe9BH+k HvKTvOBgI2ciJsyTtsM4CagrLgmO1P76TDmXGnyxG6wIccdJUb9RW1m5RM4+Rs4R 92gTiULh8yLCzqYYjazmSm8tcXIJFK01+5tBA9kCiGHoBonGEuaSJQ54JSO/X9g= =vUP2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----