# Small bounties for fixing this text editor (written in ruby) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 15, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/small-bounties-for-fixing-this-text-editor-written-in-ruby/165548 "2009-04-15T05:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/small-bounties-for-fixing-this-text-editor-written-in-ruby/165548/1 "2009-04-15T05:48:40Z")
They’re not much, but since I’m rather lazy, I’ve offered a few bounties for anyone wanting to improve the arcadia ruby text editor [http://wiki.github.com/angal/arcadia/to-do](http://wiki.github.com/angal/arcadia/to-do) at the bottom. Cheers! -=r ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/small-bounties-for-fixing-this-text-editor-written-in-ruby/165548/2 "2009-04-15T15:06:17Z")
Roger P. wrote: > They’re not much, but since I’m rather lazy, I’ve offered a few bounties > for anyone wanting to improve the arcadia ruby text editor > [http://wiki.github.com/angal/arcadia/to-do](http://wiki.github.com/angal/arcadia/to-do) > at the bottom. Is this one of the TODOs? $ sudo gem install arcadia Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing arcadia: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install arcadia creating Makefile make gcc -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I. -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -fPIC -g -O2 -c trace\_nums.c In file included from trace\_nums.c:36: /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/node.h:391: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘\_\_attribute\_\_’ before ‘rb\_jmpbuf\_t’ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/node.h:405: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘rb\_jmpbuf\_t’ make: \*\*\* [trace\_nums.o] Error 1 ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/small-bounties-for-fixing-this-text-editor-written-in-ruby/165548/3 "2009-04-15T20:47:31Z")
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Roger P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is it just me or is RubtTk not broken for 1.9.1 right now? R. – Si tu veux construire un bateau … Ne rassemble pas des hommes pour aller chercher du bois, préparer des outils, répartir les tâches, alléger le travail… mais enseigne aux gens la nostalgie de l’infini de la mer. If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/small-bounties-for-fixing-this-text-editor-written-in-ruby/165548/4 "2009-04-15T17:15:12Z")
> Is this one of the TODOs? > > $ sudo gem install arcadia > Building native extensions. This could take a while… > ERROR: Error installing arcadia: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install arcadia > creating Makefile > > make > gcc -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux > -I. > -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -fPIC -g -O2 -c trace\_nums.c > In file included from trace\_nums.c:36: > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/node.h:391: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, > ‘asm’ or > ‘\_\_attribute\_\_’ before ‘rb\_jmpbuf\_t’ > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/node.h:405: error: expected > specifier-qualifier-list before ‘rb\_jmpbuf\_t’ > make: \*\*\* [trace\_nums.o] Error 1 Hrm. For me with ruby installed via Ubuntu’s apt-get… rdp@rdp-vm:~$ sudo apt-get install libtcltk-ruby1.8 … rdp@rdp-vm:~$ sudo gem install arcadia Building native extensions. This could take a while… Building native extensions. This could take a while… Successfully installed columnize-0.3.0 Successfully installed linecache-0.43 Successfully installed ruby-debug-base-0.10.3 Successfully installed ruby-debug-0.10.3 Successfully installed arcadia-0.6.0 5 gems installed Installing ri documentation for columnize-0.3.0… Installing ri documentation for linecache-0.43… Installing ri documentation for ruby-debug-base-0.10.3… Installing ri documentation for ruby-debug-0.10.3… Installing RDoc documentation for columnize-0.3.0… Installing RDoc documentation for linecache-0.43… Installing RDoc documentation for ruby-debug-base-0.10.3… Installing RDoc documentation for ruby-debug-0.10.3… rdp@rdp-vm:~$ arcadia worked. My guess is that one of those dependencies isn’t building for some reason on your box but I’m not sure exactly why. I know ruby-debug-base has some binary extensions, and possibly linecache. Thanks. -=r