Install mechanize

Ruby
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Hello dear Ruby-developers,

new to Ruby and new to this list.

i just have installed Ruby on my Linux (OpenSuse 11.3) box.

then i wanted to run a code - which needs to have Mechanize
how can i install this!?

ux:/usr/perl # ruby myCode.rb
myCode.rb:4:in `require’: no such file to load – mechanize (LoadError)
from myCode.rb.rb:4
suse-linux:/usr/perl # ^C
suse-linux:/usr/perl #

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On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Dil B. [email protected]
wrote:

new to Ruby and new to this list.

i just have installed Ruby on my Linux (OpenSuse 11.3) box.

then i wanted to run a code - which needs to have Mechanize
how can i install this!?

Install rubygems if you haven’t already; sudo gem install mechanize
should do the rest.

ux:/usr/perl # ruby myCode.rb

Feeling especially brave? Running new code as root while learning
a language could cause some, er, interesting side-effects :slight_smile:

FWIW,

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hello Hassan

thx for answering! GREAT To hear from you!

Hassan S. wrote in post #963455:

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Dil B. [email protected]
wrote:

new to Ruby and new to this list.

i just have installed Ruby on my Linux (OpenSuse 11.3) box.

then i wanted to run a code - which needs to have Mechanize
how can i install this!?

Install rubygems if you haven’t already; sudo gem install mechanize
should do the rest.

ux:/usr/perl # ruby myCode.rb

Feeling especially brave? Running new code as root while learning
a language could cause some, er, interesting side-effects :slight_smile:

Thx for the hints: See what i got:
suse-linux:~ # sudo gem install mechanize
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: Error installing mechanize:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for libxml/parser.h… yes
checking for libxslt/xslt.h… no

libxslt is missing. please visit
Installing Nokogiri - Nokogiri for help with
installing dependencies.

*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
details. You may need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
–with-opt-dir
–without-opt-dir
–with-opt-include
–without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
–with-opt-lib
–without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
–with-make-prog
–without-make-prog
–srcdir=.
–curdir
–ruby=/usr/bin/ruby
–with-zlib-dir
–without-zlib-dir
–with-zlib-include
–without-zlib-include=${zlib-dir}/include
–with-zlib-lib
–without-zlib-lib=${zlib-dir}/lib
–with-iconv-dir
–without-iconv-dir
–with-iconv-include
–without-iconv-include=${iconv-dir}/include
–with-iconv-lib
–without-iconv-lib=${iconv-dir}/lib
–with-xml2-dir
–without-xml2-dir
–with-xml2-include
–without-xml2-include=${xml2-dir}/include
–with-xml2-lib
–without-xml2-lib=${xml2-dir}/lib
–with-xslt-dir
–without-xslt-dir
–with-xslt-include
–without-xslt-include=${xslt-dir}/include
–with-xslt-lib
–without-xslt-lib=${xslt-dir}/lib

Gem files will remain installed in
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.4 for inspection.
Results logged to
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.4.4/ext/nokogiri/gem_make.out
suse-linux:~ #

i am clueless… Should i install more…!?

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Hi there - good evening

Hassan S. wrote in post #963673:

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Dil B. [email protected]
wrote:

checking for libxslt/xslt.h… no

libxslt is missing. please visit
Installing Nokogiri - Nokogiri for help with
installing dependencies.

That’s the problem, and the solution :slight_smile:

You should be good to go once that’s sorted.

i will visit nokogiri and have a closer look - greetings

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On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Dil B. [email protected]
wrote:

checking for libxslt/xslt.h… no

libxslt is missing. please visit
Installing Nokogiri - Nokogiri for help with
installing dependencies.

That’s the problem, and the solution :slight_smile:

You should be good to go once that’s sorted.