# Ferret install, rake failing on make

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-install-rake-failing-on-make/70842>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 3, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-install-rake-failing-on-make/70842 "2006-10-03T12:30:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougal.s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@dougal.s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dougal.s)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-install-rake-failing-on-make/70842/1 "2006-10-03T12:30:59Z")

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I’m currently trying to install the latest version of Ferret (0.10.9)  
on my Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) system. I have tried the gem, but it does  
not generate the ferret\_ext.so file.

I am now trying an install from source, but when I run the command ‘$  
rake ext’ I get the following error when it reaches the ‘make’ command:

make  
rake aborted!  
Command failed with status (127): [make]  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:722:in `sh' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:729:in`sh’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:812:in `sh' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:807:in`sh’  
/home/dougal/ferret-0.10.9/Rakefile:137  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:in `execute' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:in`execute’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:357:in `invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thread.rb:135:in`synchronize’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:in `invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:364:in`invoke\_prerequisites’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:999:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:363:in`invoke\_prerequisites’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:356:in `invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thread.rb:135:in`synchronize’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:in `invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906:in`run’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906:in `run’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/bin/rake:7  
/usr/bin/rake:18

This is slightly lost on me as I am a Ruby newbie, hopefully someone  
will be able to tell me what is going on.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![dougal.s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@dougal.s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dougal.s)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-install-rake-failing-on-make/70842/2 "2006-10-03T12:40:41Z")

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dougal.s wrote:

> I’m currently trying to install the latest version of Ferret (0.10.9)  
> on my Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) system. I have tried the gem, but it does  
> not generate the ferret\_ext.so file.

If nobody here can help you, the ferret list is here :  
[http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/5](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/5)

Chris

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**Author:** ![dougal.s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@dougal.s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dougal.s)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-install-rake-failing-on-make/70842/3 "2006-10-03T13:45:28Z")

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> If nobody here can help you, the ferret list is here :  
> [http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/5](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/5)
> 
> Chris

Thanks Chris, I’ll give that a look.

Dougal :o)