# Fresh install doesn't install gdk **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\ **Created:** [April 9, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fresh-install-doesnt-install-gdk/240362 "2014-04-09T18:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fresh-install-doesnt-install-gdk/240362/1 "2014-04-09T18:08:29Z")
Hi, with a fresh check out gdk doesn’t get installed. I installed it with ruby 2.0. Programs started fail with: /usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:55:in `require’: cannot load such file – gdk3 (LoadError) With the “make install” the gdk3 and the gdk3-no-gi directories where not entered. Compiling gdk3 with ruby extconf.rb gdk3 fails, cause the gdk3 directory doesn’t has the extconf.rb file. Compiling gdk3-no-gi directly works. Cheer detlef ---
**Author:** ![Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fresh-install-doesnt-install-gdk/240362/2 "2014-04-10T14:47:27Z")
Hi, In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) “[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] Fresh install doesn’t install gdk” on Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:06:01 +0200, Detlef R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > fails, cause the gdk3 directory doesn’t has the extconf.rb file. > Compiling gdk3-no-gi directly works. You can install the current gdk3 with: % cd gdk3 % rake gem % gem install pkg/gdk3-2.2.1.gem The current gdk3 is based on GObject Introspection. So gdk3 doesn’t have extension library. It is the reason why gdk3 doesn’t have extconf.rb. Note that the current gdk3 at master is unstable. 🙂 ## Thanks, kou