# I can't compile rbbr

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-compile-rbbr/192695>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-compile-rbbr/192695 "2010-08-04T07:43:26Z")\
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**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:** [August 4, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-compile-rbbr/192695/1 "2010-08-04T07:43:26Z")

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hi,

- subversion update start → 
  - 

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 repository:

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> **[Ruby-GNOME 2](https://sourceforge.net/projects/ruby-gnome2/)**
>
> Download Ruby-GNOME 2 for free. This project is a set of Ruby language bindings for the various application development libraries included with the GNOME/GTK+ environment. This project is for GTK+2.0 or later.

At revision 3782.

- working copy: /usr/portage/distfiles/svn-src/rbbr/trunk

> > > Source unpacked in /dev/shm/portage/dev-ruby/rbbr-9999/work  
> > > Compiling source in  
> > > /dev/shm/portage/dev-ruby/rbbr-9999/work/rbbr-9999 …  
> > > /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/defaults/operating\_system.rb:25:in  
> > > `ruby_engine': uninitialized constant Module::RUBY_DESCRIPTION (NameError) from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/defaults.rb:36:in `user\_dir’  
> > > from  
> > > /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/defaults/operating\_system.rb:15:in  
> > > `default_path' from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:635:in `path’  
> > > from /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source\_index.rb:68:in  
> > > `installed_spec_directories' from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:58:in `from\_installed\_gems’  
> > > from /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:883:in  
> > > `source_index' from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_path_searcher.rb:81:in `init\_gemspecs’  
> > > from  
> > > /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_path\_searcher.rb:13:in  
> > > `initialize' from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:841:in `new’  
> > > from /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:841:in `searcher' from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:840:in `synchronize’  
> > > from /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:840:in `searcher' from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:479:in `find\_files’  
> > > from /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:983:in  
> > > `load_plugins' from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:1139 from /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/auto_gem.rb:5:in `require’  
> > > from /usr/lib64/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/auto\_gem.rb:5

- ERROR: dev-ruby/rbbr-9999 failed:
- install.rb config failed

ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.6 (2010-01-11 patchlevel 388) [x86\_64-linux]

anyone seen this?  
thanks in advice

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**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:** [August 4, 2010, 7:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-compile-rbbr/192695/2 "2010-08-04T07:57:28Z")

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sorry, i guess it’ll be a gentoo specific bug of the package rubygems.