# Ruby, SQLite, and MAMP

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-sqlite-and-mamp/165542>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 15, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-sqlite-and-mamp/165542 "2009-04-15T00:35:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nielsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@nielsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nielsen)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-sqlite-and-mamp/165542/1 "2009-04-15T00:35:10Z")

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Hello,

I’m running a Ruby development environment on my computer and have MySQL  
& SQLite through MAMP. I am unable to install the sqlite gem, and get  
the following error:

Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
ERROR: Error installing sqlite:  
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby  
extconf.rb install sqlite  
checking for main() in -lsqlite… no  
checking for sqlite.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=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby  
–with-sqlite-dir  
–without-sqlite-dir  
–with-sqlite-include  
–without-sqlite-include=${sqlite-dir}/include  
–with-sqlite-lib  
–without-sqlite-lib=${sqlite-dir}/lib  
–with-sqlitelib  
–without-sqlitelib

Gem files will remain installed in  
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/sqlite-2.0.1 for inspection.  
Results logged to  
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/sqlite-2.0.1/ext/gem\_make.out

I installed the MySQL gem via these instructions:  
[http://boonedocks.net/mike/index.php?url=archives/175-MAMP-and-the-Ruby-MySQL-Gem.html](http://boonedocks.net/mike/index.php?url=archives/175-MAMP-and-the-Ruby-MySQL-Gem.html)  
but am unable to translate these MySQL directions to SQLite.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

–TN

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**Author:** ![nielsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@nielsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nielsen)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-sqlite-and-mamp/165542/2 "2009-04-15T02:07:00Z")

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Theodore N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’m running a Ruby development environment on my computer and have MySQL  
> & SQLite through MAMP. I am unable to install the sqlite gem, and get  
> the following error:

> checking for sqlite.h… no

You haven’t installed the sqlite development files, so the gem can’t  
be built.

Chris