# Ruby-debug-ide for Ruby 1.9 released **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 26, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455 "2009-08-26T23:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/1 "2009-08-26T23:19:26Z")
“gem install ruby-debug-ide” now works for both Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 (version 0.4.7). ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/2 "2009-08-27T06:46:40Z")
Mark M. wrote: > “gem install ruby-debug-ide” now works for both Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 > (version 0.4.7). Confused, I am. What is the difference between ruby-debug (which won’t install with my ruby1.9 installation) and ruby-debug-ide (which also won’t install)…? Relative to the ruby-debug-ide install failure, here’s what I get: $ sudo gem19 install ruby-debug-ide Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug-ide: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/local/bin/ruby19 extconf.rb install ruby-debug-ide Building native extensions. This could take a while… Building native extensions. This could take a while… Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/lib/ruby19/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.7 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/local/lib/ruby19/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.7/ext/gem\_make.out tomc@tomc-desktop:~/Ruby-work/setnet/bin$ That gem\_make.out file contains… /usr/local/bin/ruby19 extconf.rb install ruby-debug-ide Building native extensions. This could take a while… Building native extensions. This could take a while… Any help in making sense of this would be much appreciated. t. – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ``` ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/3 "2009-08-27T07:15:46Z")
Tom C. wrote: > Confused, I am. What is the difference between ruby-debug (which won’t > install with my ruby1.9 installation) and ruby-debug-ide (which also > won’t install)…? > As far as the command-line: > ruby-debug is for 1.8 only; ruby-debug19 is for 1.9 only > For the IDE: > ruby-debug-ide is (supposed to be) for both > Relative to the ruby-debug-ide install failure, here’s what I get: > > $ sudo gem19 install ruby-debug-ide > Building native extensions. This could take a while… > ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug-ide: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. Not enough info to tell. Can you zip up your entire gems directory and email it to me? ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/4 "2009-08-28T11:30:39Z")
Tom C. wrote: > don’t know what rudy-debug-ide is, however. I have been unable to find > anything about it via Google. ruby-debug-ide is two things: 1.) a standardized communication protocol between Ruby implementations (or more precisely Ruby debuggers) and Ruby IDEs. Every debugger that conforms to the protocol will _automatically_ work with every Ruby IDE that conforms to the protocol and vice versa. 2.) a set of gems that implement adapters for said standardized protocol for debuggers that are _not_ compliant with the protocol, like ruby-debug for example. To put it another way: ruby-debug-ide is to debuggers and IDEs as Rack is to web frameworks and web servers. jwm ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/5 "2009-08-28T07:38:15Z")
Mark M. wrote: > That’s helpful, in that I didn’t know there was a ruby-debug19. I still don’t know what rudy-debug-ide is, however. I have been unable to find anything about it via Google. I’m very familiar with ruby-bug in ruby 1.8.7. My dependence upon it has been what’s kept me from migrating to ruby 1.9. So, with there being a ruby-debug19 out, I have tried to install it. Failed. Here’s the output: $ sudo gem19 install ruby-debug19 [sudo] password for tomc: Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug19: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/local/bin/ruby19 extconf.rb install ruby-debug19 checking for vm\_core.h… no checking for vm\_core.h… yes checking for iseq.h… yes checking for insns.inc… yes checking for insns\_info.inc… yes creating Makefile make gcc -I. -I/usr/local/include/ruby19-1.9.1/i686-linux -I/usr/local/include/ruby19-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/usr/local/include/ruby19-1.9.1 -I. -DHAVE\_VM\_CORE\_H -DHAVE\_ISEQ\_H -DHAVE\_INSNS\_INC -DHAVE\_INSNS\_INFO\_INC -I/usr/local/include/ruby19-1.9.1/ruby-1.9.1-p0 -fPIC -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-parentheses -o breakpoint.o -c breakpoint.c gcc -I. -I/usr/local/include/ruby19-1.9.1/i686-linux -I/usr/local/include/ruby19-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/usr/local/include/ruby19-1.9.1 -I. -DHAVE\_VM\_CORE\_H -DHAVE\_ISEQ\_H -DHAVE\_INSNS\_INC -DHAVE\_INSNS\_INFO\_INC -I/usr/local/include/ruby19-1.9.1/ruby-1.9.1-p0 -fPIC -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-parentheses -o ruby\_debug.o -c ruby\_debug.c ruby\_debug.c: In function ‘ruby\_method\_ptr’: ruby\_debug.c:142: error: ‘rb\_method\_entry\_t’ undeclared (first use in this function) ruby\_debug.c:142: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once ruby\_debug.c:142: error: for each function it appears in.) ruby\_debug.c:142: error: ‘method’ undeclared (first use in this function) ruby\_debug.c:143: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘rb\_method\_entry’ ruby\_debug.c: In function ‘debug\_event\_hook’: ruby\_debug.c:687: error: ‘rb\_method\_entry\_t’ undeclared (first use in this function) ruby\_debug.c:687: error: ‘me’ undeclared (first use in this function) make: \*\*\* [ruby\_debug.o] Error 1 Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/lib/ruby19/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-debug-base19-0.11.15 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/local/lib/ruby19/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-debug-base19-0.11.15/ext/ruby\_debug/gem\_make.out $ > email it to me? If I still need to do this, do you the directory’s whole contents itself or just the dir listing? Thanks very much for your help! I’ve been eagerly waiting for ruby-debug to work in 1.9, and I’m excited that we’re pretty close to getting there. Tom – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ``` ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/6 "2009-08-28T17:03:50Z")
Tom C. wrote: > That’s helpful, in that I didn’t know there was a ruby-debug19. I still > don’t know what rudy-debug-ide is, however. I have been unable to find > anything about it via Google. > > I’m very familiar with ruby-bug in ruby 1.8.7. My dependence upon it has > been what’s kept me from migrating to ruby 1.9. So, with there being a > ruby-debug19 out, I have tried to install it. Failed. Here’s the output: > > $ sudo gem19 install ruby-debug19 > [sudo] password for tomc: > Building native extensions. This could take a while… > ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug19: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. This is the result of a bug in ruby-debug-base19; it doesn’t work properly with ruby-1.9.1-p0. I recommend updating the Ruby 1.9 version to ruby-1.9.1-p243 or ruby-1.9.2-preview1. But in case you or someone else has to stay with 1.9.1-p0, I will fix this and release an update later today. ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/7 "2009-08-28T13:33:34Z")
Jörg W Mittag wrote: > > > As far as the command-line: > > is to web frameworks and web servers. > > jwm Great - I get it now. I rather suspected that might be what it was about, but was quite unsure. t. – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ``` ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/8 "2009-08-28T17:25:18Z")
New gem is up now; ruby-debug-base19 v0.11.16. ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mark](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-debug-ide-for-ruby-1-9-released/174455/9 "2009-08-28T22:46:12Z")
Mark M. wrote: > > $ sudo gem19 install ruby-debug19 > > But in case you or someone else has to stay with 1.9.1-p0, I will fix > > this and release an update later today. Wow, what a difference a day makes! Thanks, Mark, for your work, and your help. I’ve successfully installed ruby-debug19. And I’ll look into updating my ruby 1.9 version, as well. Thanks. I’ve waited a while for real access to ruby 1.9, since I had to have ruby-debug. t. – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ```