Gem install icu4r error

Ruby
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when i try to install the gem icu4r (under Mac OS SL)
i get :

$ sudo gem install icu4r
Password:
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: While executing gem … (TypeError)
can’t convert Float into String
can’t convert Float into String (TypeError)

this using ruby 1.9 or marcruby

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Une Bévue wrote:

when i try to install the gem icu4r (under Mac OS SL)
i get :

$ sudo gem install icu4r
Password:
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: While executing gem … (TypeError)
can’t convert Float into String
can’t convert Float into String (TypeError)

this using ruby 1.9 or marcruby

Is this the one you’re trying to port?

$ gem search --remote icu4r

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

icu4r (0.1.4.2006.05.29)

That’s very old, I guess it’s not ruby 1.9 compatible. Google “icu4r
ruby 1.9” turns up icu4r_19 on github which appears to have been ported.
No idea about OSX.