# Please help unable to install hpricot gem **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 5, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871 "2007-09-05T20:29:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/1 "2007-09-05T20:29:47Z")
Hello everyone, this is my first post, I’m from Costa Rica I’ve been learning ruby for a couple of months now, now to the point. I’ve been trying to install the hpricot gem but every time I get this: Select which gem to install for your platform (universal-darwin8.0) 1. hpricot 0.6 (mswin32) 2. hpricot 0.6 (jruby) 3. hpricot 0.6 (ruby) 4. hpricot 0.5 (ruby) 5. hpricot 0.5 (mswin32) 6. Skip this gem 7. Cancel installation > 3 > 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 hpricot checking for main() in -lc… no creating Makefile make sh: line 1: make: command not found Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6/ext/hpricot\_scan/gem\_make.out I removed the hpricot folder a couple of times but I still get the error message when trying to install… I don’t know what to do, PLEASE HELP!!! ---
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/2 "2007-09-05T20:40:57Z")
On Sep 5, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Jose B. wrote: > Hello everyone, this is my first post, I’m from Costa Rica I’ve been > learning ruby for a couple of months now, now to the point. > > I’ve been trying to install the hpricot gem but every time I get this: Looks like you need to install the Xcode developer tools: [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/](http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/) Hope this helps, Lyle ---
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/3 "2007-09-05T20:43:57Z")
On 9/5/07, Jose B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > 1. hpricot 0.5 (mswin32) > > I removed the hpricot folder a couple of times but I still get the error > message when trying to install… > > ## I don’t know what to do, PLEASE HELP!!! > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). It can’t find make. You need to be sure that make or an equivalent is in your path. I think OSX uses GCC so it might just be a path issue. I don’t have much experience developing on the Mac though so I’m not sure. – “Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.” -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion) ---
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/4 "2007-09-05T20:45:13Z")
Lyle J. wrote: > Looks like you need to install the Xcode developer tools: > > [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/](http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/) > > Hope this helps, > > Lyle Probably I will try that, but I’ve been able to install other gems ---
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/5 "2007-09-05T20:50:59Z")
On Sep 5, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Jose B. wrote: > Probably I will try that, but I’ve been able to install other gems. Yes; the difference is most likely that those other gems didn’t include any C/C++ extension code that needed to be compiled. Hpricot does depend on some C code, so you need the developer tools. ---
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/6 "2007-09-05T20:49:58Z")
On 9/5/07, Jose B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Probably I will try that, but I’ve been able to install other gems > This gem, like a small handful of others, requires compiling some C > extensions. Todd ---
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/7 "2007-09-05T20:51:59Z")
The xcode stuff should have the tools you need to compile the gems (any of them). On 9/5/07, Jose B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## Probably I will try that, but I’ve been able to install other gems > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). – “Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.” -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion) ---
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/8 "2007-09-05T20:58:00Z")
Sorry that was poorly worded, like Lyle said you need to be able to compile C code for some gems. This can also be a pain for Windows people. On 9/5/07, Glen H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/](http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/) > > – > “Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions > speak > so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.” > > -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion) – “Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.” -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion) ---
**Author:** ![boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@boza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/boza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-unable-to-install-hpricot-gem/113871/9 "2007-09-05T21:00:09Z")
Thank you Lyle and Greg I’ll install the xcode tools