On Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:35:18 AM UTC, Elton Yau wrote: > Hey Guys, so i recently started playing around with ROR, however whenever i > try to install gems i get this message > > > > ERROR: Error installing pg: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > > /Applications/rubystack-1.9.3-22/ruby/bin/ruby extconf.rb > checking for pg_config... yes > Using config values from > /Applications/rubystack-1.9.3-22/postgresql/bin/pg_config > *** 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. > > /Applications/rubystack-1.9.3-22/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:381:in `try_do': > The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError) > You have to install development tools first. > from > /Applications/rubystack-1.9.3-22/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:461:in > `try_link0' > from > /Applications/rubystack-1.9.3-22/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:476:in `try_link' > from extconf.rb:39:in `<main>' > >
You need development tools installed (c compiler etc). Assuming you're on OS X this means installing Xcode and from within Xcode installing the command line tools (on mavericks you run xcode-select --install ) Fred. > > > Gem files will remain installed in > /Applications/rubystack-1.9.3-22/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pg-0.17.1 for > inspection. > Results logged to > /Applications/rubystack-1.9.3-22/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pg-0.17.1/ext/gem_make.out > > > I dont really get whats happening ... > > > Thanks ! > > > Elton -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/f4ceb102-bdec-47ea-be47-d841f3e30a51%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
