# How to include this library into ruby? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 8, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-include-this-library-into-ruby/75192 "2006-11-08T03:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trsew)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-include-this-library-into-ruby/75192/1 "2006-11-08T03:52:48Z")
i have download rbCurl-0.0.2a0.tgz(this library is about ftps) from [http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~matuyuki/ruby.html](http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~matuyuki/ruby.html) i extract rbCurl-0.0.2a0.tgz and i got api.def auto\_defs.inc auto\_funcs.inc example.rb extconf.rb gen\_api.rb init.c README template.rb TODO i have no idia to include these files into ruby. i found this line require ‘curl’ in example.rb and i tried to install curl from gem install curl . i got root@ubuntu:~# gem install curl Attempting local installation of ‘curl’ Local gem file not found: curl\*.gem Attempting remote installation of ‘curl’ Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::GemNotFoundException) Could not find curl (\> 0) in the repository Does any one know how to include this library into ruby? or does anyone know other library that can connect to ftps by using ruby? regards Sayan ---
**Author:** ![trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trsew)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-include-this-library-into-ruby/75192/2 "2006-11-08T09:52:16Z")
Since this is a c extension to ruby, you need to compile this. To do so, you should do the following (in the directory where you unpacked the files) ``` ruby extconf.rb #creates the Makefile make #compiles the extension make install #installs the extension on the system #needs to be run with root privileges ``` In theory, this should work. I tried to do this before replying to your post, however, but got a compilation error in the make step. The readme file says that linux is supported (unlike the 0.0.1 release which only supports FreeBSD), so there may be something wrong with my system, or the problem might be due to the fact that this is an alpha release. I’m sorry I can’t help you more with this ---
**Author:** ![trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trsew)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 9:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-include-this-library-into-ruby/75192/3 "2006-11-08T09:54:12Z")
Sayan Thabthimyai wrote: > ``` > README > ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException) > Could not find curl (> 0) in the repository > > ``` > > Does any one know how to include this library into ruby? > or does anyone know other library that can connect to ftps by using > ruby? > regards > Sayan Change to the directory rbCurl and run: ruby extconf.rb make make install (as root) Note that this did not compile for me, maybe it will for you, but it looks pretty old (2001). It also doesn’t look like any gems were made for this project. The gem command uses [rubyforge.org](http://rubyforge.org) as the default place to get packages and that project isn’t listed there. I haven’t used any ftps libraries personally, but I found this one on RubyForge: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/ftpfxp/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/ftpfxp/) Good luck. -Justin ---
**Author:** ![trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trsew)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-include-this-library-into-ruby/75192/4 "2006-11-08T12:40:42Z")
On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 11:52 +0900, Sayan Thabthimyai wrote: > i have download rbCurl-0.0.2a0.tgz(this library is about ftps) from > [http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~matuyuki/ruby.html](http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~matuyuki/ruby.html) > i extract rbCurl-0.0.2a0.tgz and i got > api.def > auto\_defs.inc > auto\_funcs.inc > example.rb > extconf.rb > […snip…] You need to ruby extconf.rb to generate a Makefile, then do make && make install to compile and install the binding. _However_, rbCurl has been (apparently) abandoned for quite some time, and doesn’t compile with Ruby 1.8 or modern GCC. See thread [1] and my reply [2] for a possible workaround. As a result of that thread, there was some discussion of Friedrich possibly picking up rbCurl and properly updating it, but I don’t know any more about that at the moment. [1] [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/222727](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/222727) [2] [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/222735](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/222735) ---
**Author:** ![trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@trsew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trsew)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-include-this-library-into-ruby/75192/5 "2006-11-09T09:51:53Z")
Justin C. wrote: > Sayan Thabthimyai wrote: > > > ``` > > README > > ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException) > > Could not find curl (> 0) in the repository > > > > ``` > > > > Does any one know how to include this library into ruby? > > or does anyone know other library that can connect to ftps by using > > ruby? > > regards > > Sayan > > Change to the directory rbCurl and run: > > ruby extconf.rb > make > make install (as root) > > Note that this did not compile for me, maybe it will for you, but it > looks pretty old (2001). > It also doesn’t look like any gems were made for this project. The gem > command uses [rubyforge.org](http://rubyforge.org) as the default place to get packages and that > project isn’t listed there. > I haven’t used any ftps libraries personally, but I found this one on > RubyForge: > [http://rubyforge.org/projects/ftpfxp/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/ftpfxp/) > > Good luck. > > -Justin thank you very much everyone. i will try [http://rubyforge.org/projects/ftpfxp/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/ftpfxp/) regards Sayan