# Problem with installing sqlite3-ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-installing-sqlite3-ruby/157486 "2009-01-12T08:20:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/A_Z)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-installing-sqlite3-ruby/157486/1 "2009-01-12T08:20:22Z")
Hi friends I am new to get on the rails & I have allready a problem in installing sqlite3-ruby. I just made my first programme :Hello world.When I execute [http://localhost:3000/hello\_world](http://localhost:3000/hello_world) on my browser,then the following error comes with it. [ no such file to load – sqlite3 RAILS\_ROOT: /home/whatsup3/HelloProject Application Trace [http://localhost:3000/hello\_world#](http://localhost:3000/hello_world#) | Framework Trace[http://localhost:3000/hello\_world#](http://localhost:3000/hello_world#)| Full Trace [http://localhost:3000/hello\_world#](http://localhost:3000/hello_world#) /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’ … ] After that I tried:gem install sqlite3-ruby then the folloing error comes: [ WARNING: Installing to ~/.gem since /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 and /usr/bin aren’t both writable. WARNING: You don’t have /home/whatsup3/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin in your PATH, gem executables will not run. Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing sqlite3-ruby: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install sqlite3-ruby checking for fdatasync() in -lrt… no checking for sqlite3.h… no make make: \*\*\* No rule to make target `ruby.h', needed by `sqlite3\_api\_wrap.o’. Stop. Gem files will remain installed in /home/whatsup3/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4 for inspection. Results logged to /home/whatsup3/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4/ext/sqlite3\_api/gem\_make.out ] What should I do? The OS is :Fedora Core 7 ---
**Author:** ![A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/A_Z)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-installing-sqlite3-ruby/157486/2 "2009-01-12T08:52:01Z")
A Z wrote: > /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install sqlite3-ruby > checking for fdatasync() in -lrt… no > checking for sqlite3.h… no > > make > make: \*\*\* No rule to make target `ruby.h', needed by`sqlite3\_api\_wrap.o’. > Stop. Looks like you are missing the development headers for ruby. These are often in a separate package from your linux distribution, often called something like ruby-dev or something along those lines. Fred ---
**Author:** ![A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/A_Z)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-installing-sqlite3-ruby/157486/3 "2009-01-13T10:28:25Z")
Hello, I have this problem before. I found answer on line. Just install sqlite3-ruby-1.2.3 instead of 1.2.4. command is: gem install sqlite3-ruby --version 1.2.3 hope it is helpful for you. 2009/1/12 Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/A_Z)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-installing-sqlite3-ruby/157486/4 "2009-01-13T14:02:00Z")
Thanks a lot. I tried with gem install sqlite3-ruby --version 1.2.3 but got following error. [ gem install sqlite3-ruby --version 1.2.3 Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing sqlite3-ruby: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install sqlite3-ruby --version 1.2.3 checking for fdatasync() in -lrt… no checking for sqlite3.h… no \*\*\* extconf.rb failed \*\*\* Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may need configuration options. Provided configuration options: –with-opt-dir –without-opt-dir –with-opt-include –without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include –with-opt-lib –without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib –with-make-prog –without-make-prog –srcdir=. –curdir –ruby=/usr/bin/ruby –with-sqlite3-dir –without-sqlite3-dir –with-sqlite3-include –without-sqlite3-include=${sqlite3-dir}/include –with-sqlite3-lib –without-sqlite3-lib=${sqlite3-dir}/lib –with-rtlib –without-rtlib Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.3 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.3/ext/sqlite3\_api/gem\_make.out ] ---
**Author:** ![A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@A\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/A_Z)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-installing-sqlite3-ruby/157486/5 "2009-03-03T03:09:31Z")
This way help me to fix the problem! SQLite3: Without the -d option, rails will default to sqlite. To install SQLite3: ~$ sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev ~$ sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby