Hi David,
check out http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/65550#76725 as well as
http://www.ruby-forum.com/search?query=%22no+such+file+to+load+--+ferret_ext%22&forums%5B%5D=5
please.
Cheers,
Jan Prill
2007/6/22, David Henner <drhenner at yahoo.com>:>
> I installed ferret and it cleaned me out!!!
> I do the following:
>
> __________________________
> # gem install ferret
> Need to update 4 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org
> ....
> complete
> Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-linux)
> 1. ferret 0.11.4 (ruby)
> 2. ferret 0.11.4 (mswin32)
> 3. ferret 0.11.3 (ruby)
> 4. ferret 0.11.2 (ruby)
> 5. Skip this gem
> 6. Cancel installation
> > 3
> 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 ferret
> can''t find header files for ruby.
> _________________________________________
>
> Then I try to uninstall and i get the following:
> __________________________________________
> gem uninstall ferret
> ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::InstallError)
> Unknown gem ferret-> 0
> ___________________________________________
>
> Then I try to rake my db and i get errors
> ____________________________________________
>
> $ rake db:migrate
> (in /home/drhenner/eggpad)
> rake aborted!
> no such file to load -- ferret_ext
> ____________________________________________
>
> I have no idea what i can do to just uninstall ferret from my system. I
> would prefer to have it work but at the very least i don''t want it
to
> stop all future work. I installed 0.11.4 first and i got the same
> problem. I manually removed all the files and directories in
> ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.4/
>
> it didnt help at all.
>
> This has to be my worst experience with a rubygem EVER. Everything
> always runs smooth up until now.
>
> What are the ruby header files by the way???
>
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