Maybe it is a rather old version of libxml2.

On Dec 17, 2007, at 21:38, Henry Wagner wrote:

> I made some progress. I didn't have gcc installed on the machine. Now
> I get further but still have trouble. I've attached mkmf.log
>
> Henry
>
> On 12/17/07, Dan Janowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> What does the mkmf.log contain?
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2007, at 22:18, Henry Wagner wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm running into some errors installing libxml-ruby on OS X 10.3.9.
>>> I'm using ruby 1.8.6
>>>
>>> Gonk:~/Desktop apple$ sudo gem install -r libxml-ruby
>>> 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 -r 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.
>>>
>>> What are all the "no" lines about? I appear to have the 4 prerequest
>>> libraries installed.
>>>
>>> Henry
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