# Need help installing fxruby (gem) on gentoo

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-installing-fxruby-gem-on-gentoo/100128>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 2, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-installing-fxruby-gem-on-gentoo/100128 "2006-02-02T00:50:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![manuelkiessling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@manuelkiessling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manuelkiessling)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-installing-fxruby-gem-on-gentoo/100128/1 "2006-02-02T00:50:55Z")

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Hello,

I just tried to install fxruby throug rubygems, but got the following  
error (see at the end of the message for complete output):

/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:243:  
command not found: ruby extconf.rb i fxruby

Whats the problem? Have I done anything wrong?  
I installed ruby, rubygems and libfox14-dev through portage.

Thanks for your help,  
Manuel

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gentoo ~ # gem i fxruby  
Attempting local installation of ‘fxruby’  
Local gem file not found: fxruby\*.gem  
Attempting remote installation of ‘fxruby’  
Select which gem to install for your platform (x86\_64-linux)

1. fxruby 1.4.4 (mswin32)
2. fxruby 1.4.4 (ruby)  
(…)
3. Cancel installation

> 2  
> Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
> /usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:243: command not found: ruby extconf.rb  
> i fxruby  
> ERROR: While executing gem … (RuntimeError)  
> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.  
> Gem files will remain installed in  
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.4.4 for inspection.  
> ruby extconf.rb i fxruby\n

Results logged to  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.4.4/ext/fox14/gem\_make.out  
gentoo ~ #

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**Author:** ![manuelkiessling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@manuelkiessling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manuelkiessling)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-installing-fxruby-gem-on-gentoo/100128/2 "2006-02-02T22:57:46Z")

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Manuel K. wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I just tried to install fxruby throug rubygems, but got the following  
> error (see at the end of the message for complete output):
> 
> /usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:243:  
> command not found: ruby extconf.rb i fxruby
> 
> Whats the problem? Have I done anything wrong?  
> I installed ruby, rubygems and libfox14-dev through portage.

It might be worth trying to install from source, just to see if this is  
a gem-related problem, or seomthing about fox/fxruby on your system.