[fxruby-users] Installation problem

[Alan Lake]

The list that this is posted to is fxruby-users at rubyforge.org.  I don't 
see any other list that I might post this on.  I didn't realize that 
fxruby was a required install in addition to libGUIb and foxGUIb.  So I 
thank you.  I still have a problem, though, in that it didn't install 
correctly, and I can't tell why.  I did the following:

[root at erie ~]# gem update fxruby --include-dependencies
--------------------------------------
Updating installed gems...
Need to update 1 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org
.
complete
Attempting remote update of fxruby
Select which gem to install for your platform (x86_64-linux)
 1. fxruby 1.6.6 (ruby)
<snip>
 > 1
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
*** 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.

Provided configuration options:
        --with-opt-dir
<snip>
        --without-fxscintilla-lib=${fxscintilla-dir}/lib

ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in 
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.6 for inspection.
 

Results logged to 
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.6/ext/fox16/gem_make.out
------------------
When I did
[root at erie ~]# find / -name mkmf.log
No result was returned.  gem_make.out is empty.  The gem files are 
present.  Can you suggest what I can do now?  (I'm using the x64 version 
of Fedora Core 6, if that helps.)

Lyle Johnson wrote:
> On Feb 11, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Alan Lake wrote:
>
>   
>> I downloaded the all-in-one archive and unpacked it.  I then did a  
>> cd to
>> the libGUIb directory and
>> [root at erie libGUIb]# ruby install.rb
>>     
>
> <snip>
>
> Please note that although the developer of foxGUIb does read this  
> mailing list pretty regularly, you might also want to post your  
> question to that project's mailing list.
>
> Also, as a side note, this line from the various error messages:
>
> 	"no such file to load -- fox16"
>
> seems to indicate that FXRuby itself isn't installed. You might want  
> to try installing it first, before installing foxGUIb.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Lyle
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