Problem with Gem

Ruby
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I am trying to install support for SQLite using Gem but I get this error
"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 sqlite3-ruby
can’t find header files for ruby."
I do have ruby.h installed on my system but gem can not seem to find it.
Any suggestions?

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On Oct 2, 2007, at 19:42 , David Siebert wrote:

Any suggestions?
What does this say:

ruby -rrbconfig -e ‘puts File.join(Config::CONFIG[“rubylibdir”],
Config::CONFIG[“arch”], “ruby.h”)’

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Any suggestions?

What does this say:

ruby -rrbconfig -e ‘puts File.join(Config::CONFIG[“rubylibdir”],
Config::CONFIG[“arch”], “ruby.h”)’

I have the same problem while installing fxruby
gem install fxruby

gem needs to be more idiot-friendly. I do not wake up a genius. I
become one over the course of several cups of coffee, on days when I’m
lucky.

–
Giles B.

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On Oct 3, 6:02 pm, Eric H. [email protected] wrote:

I do have ruby.h installed on my system but gem can not seem to
best workers get their tools to do the work for them. – Syndicate Wars
it says /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-linux/ruby.h
I have the same problem while installing fxruby
gem install fxruby
regards

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On Oct 12, 2007, at 08:31 , Giles B. wrote:

gem needs to be more idiot-friendly. I do not wake up a genius. I
become one over the course of several cups of coffee, on days when I’m
lucky.

If you have something constructive to contribute, please do so.

If you have found a bug, please file it in the tracker.

Empty statements of frustration do not help me make RubyGems better.

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On Oct 12, 2007, at 01:00 , degreane wrote:

can’t find header files for ruby."
I have the same problem while installing fxruby
gem install fxruby

Do you have that file?

What other .h files exist in /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-linux?

Can you attach gem_make.out?

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gem needs to be more idiot-friendly. I do not wake up a genius. I
become one over the course of several cups of coffee, on days when I’m
lucky.

If you have something constructive to contribute, please do so.

I did. I sent Chad & Jim a patch that allows you to require symbols
and arrays. It was nifty.

Admittedly, though, that doesn’t help here at all. My bad.

If you have found a bug, please file it in the tracker.

Empty statements of frustration do not help me make RubyGems better.

OK, ok.

–
Giles B.

Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
Tumblelog: http://giles.tumblr.com/