# Installing bleak house on osx **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 2, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-bleak-house-on-osx/119089 "2007-11-02T23:45:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-bleak-house-on-osx/119089/1 "2007-11-02T23:45:30Z")
anyone else gotten this? cfp:~ \> sudo gem install bleak\_house Password: Install required dependency ccsv? [Yn] y Building native extensions. This could take a while… Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError) ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. ruby extconf.rb install bleak\_house /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf.rb:4:in `require': no such file to load -- rbconfig (LoadError) from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf.rb:4 from build_logger.rb:1:in `require’ from build\_logger.rb:1 Gem files will remain installed in /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ bleak\_house-3.3 for inspection. Results logged to /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bleak\_house-3.3/ ext/bleak\_house/logger/gem\_make.out ?? a @ [http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-bleak-house-on-osx/119089/2 "2007-11-03T02:08:03Z")
> ``` > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > ``` > > bleak\_house-3.3 for inspection. > Results logged to /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bleak\_house-3.3/ > ext/bleak\_house/logger/gem\_make.out > > ?? I think I got something similar with a different gem once. Also failed on the build and also got confused about whether or not it had been installed. I just cleared everything out and did it again from scratch and it worked OK. Took a couple tries though, IIRC. – Giles B. Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com) Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org) Tumblelog: [http://giles.tumblr.com/](http://giles.tumblr.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-bleak-house-on-osx/119089/3 "2007-11-13T08:12:07Z")
On Nov 2, 3:44 pm, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > ruby extconf.rb install bleak\_house > > ?? > > ## a @[http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/) > > we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being > better. simply reflect on that. > h.h. the 14th dalai lama I’m currently getting this error, help would be appreciated. Evan Weaver’s blog doesn’t seem to be updated with information about the current versions. ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-bleak-house-on-osx/119089/4 "2007-11-13T14:07:12Z")
On Nov 13, 2007 2:10 AM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > ``` > > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > > > ``` > > > > Results logged to /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bleak\_house-3.3/ > > I’m currently getting this error, help would be appreciated. Evan > > Weaver’s blog doesn’t seem to be updated with information about the > > current versions. Perhaps the answer lies somewhere in here: [http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum\_id=13983](http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=13983) – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-bleak-house-on-osx/119089/5 "2007-11-27T06:15:42Z")
On Nov 14, 5:40 am, “ara.t.howard” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## a @[http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/) > > it is not enough to be compassionate. you must act. > h.h. the 14th dalai lama Ok, I had the same problem and have just fixed it. What was happening was that it couldn’t find rbconfig.rb. On my computer, this is located in: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-darwin8.9.1 but it was looking for it one directory up. so from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/ go and put a symlink in thus: sudo ln -s i686-darwin8.9.1/rbconfig.rb rbconfig.rb and it all worked fine from then on. Cheers, Taryn ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-bleak-house-on-osx/119089/6 "2007-11-27T06:36:09Z")
On Nov 27, 4:11 pm, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > a @[http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/) > > but it was looking for it one directory up. > > so from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/ go and put a symlink in thus: > sudo ln -s i686-darwin8.9.1/rbconfig.rb rbconfig.rb > > and it all worked fine from then on. > > Cheers, > Taryn ok - a better solution… add “/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/” to your $PATH and all will be happy. ---
**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-bleak-house-on-osx/119089/7 "2007-11-13T19:42:43Z")
On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:10 AM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > I’m currently getting this error, help would be appreciated. Evan > Weaver’s blog doesn’t seem to be updated with information about the > current versions. i never did get it to build either… a @ [http://codeforpeople.com/](http://codeforpeople.com/)