Hi Folks,
I am trying to install some ruby gems (libxml and rubyosa) on a 12" powerbook running tiger. I have tried the gem and fink based approaches but both fail. The reason is that the fink installer looks to use ldconf (not a mac thing) while the gem fails because:
The last line is the important thing (I think). I have xcode installed ... help please ...
I am trying to install some ruby gems (libxml and rubyosa) on a 12" powerbook running tiger. I have tried the gem and fink based approaches but both fail. The reason is that the fink installer looks to use ldconf (not a mac thing) while the gem fails because:
Code:
Need to update 20 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org
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complete
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
ruby extconf.rb install libxml-ruby
checking for socket() in -lsocket... no
checking for gethostbyname() in -lnsl... no
checking for atan() in -lm... no
checking for atan() in -lm... 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.
extconf failure: need libmThe last line is the important thing (I think). I have xcode installed ... help please ...
