# Strange Merb error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-merb-error/128073>\
**Category:** Mongrel\
**Created:** [February 4, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-merb-error/128073 "2008-02-04T20:19:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-merb-error/128073/1 "2008-02-04T20:19:40Z")

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Sorry if this is not the correct place to post this, but I can’t really  
find anywhere else!  
I want to learn Merb, but am getting an error when I try to run the  
generated app that goes as follows:  
  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/merb-0.5.3/lib/merb/version.rb:45:  
warning: already initialized constant RELEASE  
sh: cc: command not found  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RubyInline-3.6.6/lib/inline.rb:406:in  
`build': error executing cc -dynamic -bundle -undefined suppress -flat_namespace -Werror -fno-common -g -O2 -fno-common -pipe -fno-common -I /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin8.0 -I /usr/local/include -o "/Users/douglasjohnlivesey/.ruby_inline/Inline_ParseTree_fa12.bundle" "/Users/douglasjohnlivesey/.ruby_inline/Inline_ParseTree_fa12.c" : 32512 (CompilationError) Renamed /Users/douglasjohnlivesey/.ruby_inline/Inline_ParseTree_fa12.c to /Users/douglasjohnlivesey/.ruby_inline/Inline_ParseTree_fa12.c.bad from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/RubyInline-3.6.6/lib/inline.rb:687:in`inline’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ParseTree-2.1.1/lib/parse\_tree.rb:244  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby2ruby-1.1.8/lib/ruby2ruby.rb:4  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/merb-0.5.3/lib/merb/core\_ext/get\_args.rb:2  
… 12 levels…  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/merb-0.5.3/lib/merb/server.rb:53:in  
`run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/merb-0.5.3/bin/merb:4 from /usr/local/bin/merb:16:in`load’  
from /usr/local/bin/merb:16

Can anyone offer me any insight into what could be going amiss?  
& sorry again if this is the wrong place.  
Cheers,  
Doug.

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**Author:** ![biot023](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@biot023](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/biot023)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-merb-error/128073/2 "2008-02-04T22:03:08Z")

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Doug-

Please sudo gem uninstall merb and remove all versions then sudo gem  
install merb again. That should fix it for you. if you have further  
problems then please join #merb in [irc.freenode.net](http://irc.freenode.net) and someone will  
help you.

-Ezra

On Feb 4, 2008, at 11:19 AM, Doug L. wrote:

> ## 406:in from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/merb-0.5.3/lib/merb/core\_ext/ Can anyone offer me any insight into what could be going amiss? & sorry again if this is the wrong place. Cheers, Doug.
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