# Install ruby gnome on Linux/Mac OS X

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ruby-gnome-on-linux-mac-os-x/123287>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [December 15, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ruby-gnome-on-linux-mac-os-x/123287 "2007-12-15T23:58:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ar43r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@ar43r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ar43r)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ruby-gnome-on-linux-mac-os-x/123287/1 "2007-12-15T23:58:31Z")

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Hi, people,

I’m having some troubles by installing ruby/gnome2 thing on Mac OS.  
I have downloaded “ruby-gnome2-all-0.16.0.tar.gz”  
Than used “ruby extcont.rb” Than “make” and now I get:

In file included from rbglib\_i18n.c:15:  
/sw/include/glib-2.0/glib/gi18n.h:23:21: error: libintl.h: No such file  
or directory  
make[2]: \*\*\* [rbglib\_i18n.o] Error 1  
make[1]: \*\*\* [all] Error 2

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SUCCEEDED: NONE  
FAILED: glib

The glib is definitely installed. What do i wrong? perhaps somebody  
could give me a tip how to install ruby/gnome2 on Mac OS or linux?

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**Author:** ![ar43r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@ar43r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ar43r)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ruby-gnome-on-linux-mac-os-x/123287/2 "2007-12-16T02:47:57Z")

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Artur S. wrote:

sudo port install rb-gnome didn’t work for me ☹

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**Author:** ![ar43r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@ar43r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ar43r)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ruby-gnome-on-linux-mac-os-x/123287/3 "2007-12-17T02:26:08Z")

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> What do i wrong? perhaps somebody could give me a tip how to install ruby/gnome2  
> on Mac OS or linux?

I dont have a Mac and I recommend to everyone who can (i.e. younger  
people that are quick to learn) to switch to Linux (but to learn too,  
some distributions make life harder than easier…)

I compile from source, then the ruby-gnome stuff works fine too. (I use  
ruby scripts to aid in compilation)

Btw where exactly is  
/sw/include/glib-2.0/glib/gi18n.h  
?  
This looks like a weird path.

On my Gobolinux install gi18n.h is at  
/Programs/Glib/2.14.4/include/glib-2.0/glib/gi18n.h

Glib, atk, pango, cairo, gtk are the most important packages.  
Try to make them “sane” (sane insofar that distributions  
sometimes cripple stuff, and then you as a user have to  
un-cripple it. No idea about Mac though, sorry)