# Ruby gnome bindings on OSX

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome-bindings-on-osx/54462>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 6, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome-bindings-on-osx/54462 "2006-03-06T04:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robert\_Love](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d26b3c/32.png) [@Robert\_Love](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Robert_Love)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome-bindings-on-osx/54462/1 "2006-03-06T04:25:22Z")

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I’ve used Fink to install the native GTK libraries and when I try to run

ruby extconf

I get failure. It announces it ignores all libraries and counter to the  
warning, there is no mkmf log file. I’ve tried --topdir=/sw, which is  
where Fink installs things but that failed too.

How do I tell the config tool to look in a non-standard location for my  
GTK libraries? All advice appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Love](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d26b3c/32.png) [@Robert\_Love](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Robert_Love)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome-bindings-on-osx/54462/2 "2006-03-06T17:17:54Z")

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On Mar 5, 2006, at 10:23 PM, Robert Love wrote:

> How do I tell the config tool to look in a non-standard location  
> for my  
> GTK libraries? All advice appreciated.

pkg-config should find the libraries. Make sure you install the -dev  
versions of things.