# Problems with SRPM of ruby-1.8.4

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-srpm-of-ruby-1-8-4/52544>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 16, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-srpm-of-ruby-1-8-4/52544 "2006-01-16T06:58:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mly)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-srpm-of-ruby-1-8-4/52544/1 "2006-01-16T06:58:32Z")

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I’m building ruby-1.8.4 on CentOS4 (clone of RHEL4) and I ran into a  
couple of problems. First, the build requires libX11-devel which isn’t  
available for CentOS4 and doesn’t seem to be needed. Second, the build  
uses yacc, but it is not listed as a requirement.

Very minor problems, but I thought y’all shoul know.

– Matt  
Nothing great was ever accomplished without _passion_

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**Author:** ![mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mly)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-srpm-of-ruby-1-8-4/52544/2 "2006-01-16T08:37:53Z")

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On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 14:56 +0900, Matt L. wrote:

> I’m building ruby-1.8.4 on CentOS4 (clone of RHEL4) and I ran into a  
> couple of problems. First, the build requires libX11-devel which isn’t  
> available for CentOS4 and doesn’t seem to be needed. Second, the build  
> uses yacc, but it is not listed as a requirement.

Whose SRPMs are these? I don’t think there’s official ones…

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**Author:** ![mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mly)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-srpm-of-ruby-1-8-4/52544/3 "2006-01-16T10:20:05Z")

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Hi,

your error message looks like you are using the packages from Fedora  
Core 5, which includes libX11-devel. Recently, 1.8.4 has been added to  
updates for Fedora Core 4. Take this SRPM and it shall work.

Best regards,  
Oliver

2006/1/16, Matt L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

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**Author:** ![mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mly)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-srpm-of-ruby-1-8-4/52544/4 "2006-01-16T18:22:46Z")

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On Monday 16 January 2006 02:56 pm, Matt L. wrote:

> I’m building ruby-1.8.4 on CentOS4 (clone of RHEL4) and I ran into a  
> couple of problems. First, the build requires libX11-devel which isn’t  
> available for CentOS4 and doesn’t seem to be needed. Second, the build  
> uses yacc, but it is not listed as a requirement.
> 
> Very minor problems, but I thought y’all shoul know.
> 
> – Matt  
> Nothing great was ever accomplished without _passion_

ENOTFROMRUBYLANG

Tsume