# RubyDBI install fails during make

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydbi-install-fails-during-make/111663>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 9, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydbi-install-fails-during-make/111663 "2007-08-09T17:14:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shinji)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydbi-install-fails-during-make/111663/1 "2007-08-09T17:14:40Z")

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I downloaded Ruby DBI 0.1.1 from Rubyforge.  
I extracted it into a sub-folder in My Documents where I store setup  
files.

I ran the following:

ruby setup.rb config  
ruby setup.rb install

however, this fails and I see this:

C:\Documents and Settings\mrussell\My Documents\My  
Setups\Ruby\DBI\ruby-dbi\>ruby  
setup.rb setup  
entering setup phase…  
setting #! line to “#!c:/ruby/bin/ruby”  
setting #! line to “#!c:/ruby/bin/ruby”  
c:/ruby/bin/ruby extconf.rb  
checking for sqlite\_open() in sqlite.lib… 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  
–srcdir=.  
–curdir  
–ruby=c:/ruby/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  
make  
setup failed  
‘system make’ failed  
try “ruby setup.rb --help” for usage

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**Author:** ![shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shinji)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydbi-install-fails-during-make/111663/2 "2007-08-09T21:53:54Z")

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On Aug 9, 2007, at 08:16, Max R. wrote:

> necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more  
> details. You may need configuration options.

Those last three lines say it all.

> ```
> --ruby=c:/ruby/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
> 
> ```

Use one of these (–with-sqlite-dir is best) to tell extconf.rb where  
your sqlite library lives. If you don’t have sqlite installed,  
you’ll need to install it first. Be sure to use the one that matches  
your compiler.

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**Author:** ![shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shinji)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydbi-install-fails-during-make/111663/3 "2007-08-10T10:45:12Z")

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Eric H. wrote:  
Use one of these (–with-sqlite-dir is best) to tell extconf.rb where  
your sqlite library lives. If you don’t have sqlite installed,  
you’ll need to install it first. Be sure to use the one that matches  
your compiler.

Looking at the SQLite/Ruby and SQLite pages I notice that the Ruby  
binding is apparently not compatible with SQLite 3. However, the  
available SQLite dll version is 3.4.1 for MSVCRT.

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**Author:** ![shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shinji)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydbi-install-fails-during-make/111663/4 "2007-08-10T14:20:44Z")

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Actually, why does it require SQLite at all? I specifically want an ODBC  
connection to SQLServer.