On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Doug Royer <[email protected]> wrote: > Very new to Ruby/Rails, followed the download/install instructions, until > this step: > >> gem install rails > > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > ERROR: Error installing rails: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > /usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 extconf.rb > /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': > cannot load such file -- mkmf (LoadError) > from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in > `require' > from extconf.rb:1:in `<main>' > > > Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.7.6 > for inspection. > Results logged to > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/json-1.7.6/ext/json/ext/generator/gem_make.out
Based on your paths I'm going to assume you are on debian-ruby so install ruby1.9.1-dev then try again. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
