# Rbgccxml / rbplusplus gem dependency on hpricot question **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 15, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbgccxml-rbplusplus-gem-dependency-on-hpricot-question/196784 "2008-08-15T16:09:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbgccxml-rbplusplus-gem-dependency-on-hpricot-question/196784/1 "2008-08-15T16:09:12Z")
Dear all, I am having problems installing the rbgccxml gem on ubuntu 8.04, I get a runtime error saying that hpricot version=0.6 is required. Now I had hpricot installed, as a gem, but it is version 0.6.161 . Is there any special reason why these two should not work together ? Thank you very much, Best regards, Axel ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbgccxml-rbplusplus-gem-dependency-on-hpricot-question/196784/2 "2008-08-15T17:41:52Z")
On Friday 15 August 2008 09:04:56 Axel E. wrote: > Dear all, > > I am having problems installing the rbgccxml gem on ubuntu 8.04, I get a > runtime error saying that > hpricot version=0.6 is required. Sounds like the same problem that rfeedparser has. The explanation I got was, 0.6.161 is probably fine, but hadn’t been tested, and they didn’t want to allow 0.6 or higher, because that would imply a future 0.7, which might actually break stuff. In other words, someone very probably didn’t know about the gem ~\> specification. Talk to the author of rbgccxml, and see if they’d be willing to require “~\>0.6” (or would that be “~\>0.6.0”?), instead of “=0.6”. ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbgccxml-rbplusplus-gem-dependency-on-hpricot-question/196784/3 "2008-08-15T22:51:15Z")
The maintainer of rbgccxml is on vacation until next week. Feel free to contact him after that, and I’m sure he’ll give you a speedy response. He’s a good guy: [jameskilton · GitHub](http://github.com/jameskilton) /Shawn ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbgccxml-rbplusplus-gem-dependency-on-hpricot-question/196784/4 "2008-08-15T23:41:04Z")
-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:47:24 +0900 > Von: “Shawn A.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > An: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > Betreff: Re: rbgccxml / rbplusplus gem dependency on hpricot question > The maintainer of rbgccxml is on vacation until next week. Feel free to > contact him after that, and I’m sure he’ll give you a speedy response. > He’s > a good guy: [jameskilton · GitHub](http://github.com/jameskilton) > > /Shawn Thanks for the info. I’ll do that. Best regards, Axel ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbgccxml-rbplusplus-gem-dependency-on-hpricot-question/196784/5 "2008-08-18T17:56:28Z")
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Axel E. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > a good guy: [jameskilton · GitHub](http://github.com/jameskilton) > > [Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Politik, Wirtschaft & Panorama | GMX](http://games.entertainment.gmx.net/de/entertainment/games/free/puzzle/6169196) Thanks for pointing this thread out for me Shawn. So many threads come across when you’re gone a week that I usually just mark them as ‘read’. Anyway, rbgccxml is no longer using hpricot. As libxml-ruby has matured extensively in the past months, I’ve moved over to that library. Much faster than hpricot. That said, I will take greater care in how I define dependencies to hopefully prevent this problem from happening again. Further questions about these projects should be posted on the rubyforge forums page: [http://rubyforge.org/forum/?group\_id=5393](http://rubyforge.org/forum/?group_id=5393) Posting here will send me an email which will allow me to respond quicker. Hope that helps. Jason ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbgccxml-rbplusplus-gem-dependency-on-hpricot-question/196784/6 "2008-08-18T21:19:41Z")
-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:52:19 +0900 > Von: “Jason R.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > An: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > Betreff: Re: rbgccxml / rbplusplus gem dependency on hpricot question > > > contact him after that, and I’m sure he’ll give you a speedy response. > > > – > > Hope that helps. > > Jason Dear Jason, thanks for your response and for your work. However, I still get this error: axel@alecrim:~/Desktop$ sudo gem install rbplusplus ERROR: Error installing rbplusplus: rbgccxml requires hpricot (= 0.6, runtime) What should I do ? Thank you, Axel