I am going to assume you also have an up to date version of rubygems right? I will try to install it on one of my old eMacs in about an hour and will let you know how it goes.
-Jeremy On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got it with the installation of the apple dev tools. > > $ gcc -v > Using built-in specs. > Target: powerpc-apple-darwin8 > Configured with: /var/tmp/gcc/gcc-5370~2/src/configure --disable-checking > -enable-werror --prefix=/usr --mandir=/share/man > --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ > --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.0/ > --with-gxx-include-dir=/include/c++/4.0.0 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib > --build=powerpc-apple-darwin8 --host=powerpc-apple-darwin8 > --target=powerpc-apple-darwin8 > Thread model: posix > gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5370) > > Patrick > > > Am 27.02.2008 20:59 Uhr schrieb "Jeremy Canady" unter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Did you install gcc manually or did you get it when you installed the > > apple developer tools? > > > > -Jeremy > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> I have found very little information about this problem on the net, so i > >> thought someone here might be able to help me. > >> > >> I am running mac os x 10.4 on a powerbook and have installed ruby 1.8.6 > and > >> was trying to get ferret to work, without any success. > >> Here is exactly what i did and what happened: > >> > >> $ sudo gem install ferret > >> Updating metadata for 125 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org > >> > >> > ............................................................................. > >> ................................................ > >> complete > >> Building native extensions. This could take a while... > >> Successfully installed ferret-0.11.6 > >> 1 gem installed > >> Installing ri documentation for ferret-0.11.6... > >> Installing RDoc documentation for ferret-0.11.6... > >> $ ruby ferret_test.rb > >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.6/lib/ferret_ext.bundle: > >> Failed to load > >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.6/lib/ferret_ext.bundle > >> (LoadError) > >> 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/ferret-0.11.6/lib/ferret.rb:25 > >> from > >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:32:in > >> `gem_original_require' > >> from > >> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:32:in > `require' > >> from ferret_test.rb:2 > >> > >> > >> The ferret_test.rb includes the following lines: > >> require 'rubygems' > >> require 'ferret' > >> include Ferret > >> > >> The ferret_ext.bundle file does exist but i am guessing it might not have > >> been properly compiled. I opened it afterwards and it contains some error > >> message that seem to not belong there. > >> I do have gcc (4.0.1) and make etc. installed. The Powerbook is obviously > >> not an intel mac but in the .bundle-file i found this, i am not sure if > that > >> helps to find out what the problem is: > >> > >> *ERROR: POSH double precision floating point serialization failed. > Please > >> report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> OS:..............MacOS X > >> CPU:.............Intel 386+ > >> endian:..........little > >> ptr size:........32-bits > >> 64-bit ints......yes > >> floating point...enabled > >> compiler.........Gnu GCC > >> > >> Please help! > >> > >> Patrick > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ferret-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Ferret-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > Ferret-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk > _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk

