fxruby users - Mar 2008 - Newbie Question - Installing FXRuby from Gem Error

Hi All!

I''m a fxruby newbie and was just trying to install it using ruby gems
on my
i386 linux platform.

I received the following error message and was wondering if anyone else had
experienced such an ugly thing when they were installing this using gems.
Seems to be something wrong the the FOX headers.

Your help is greatly appreciated in advance.

Thanks!
--Nick

% sudo gem install fxruby --remote
root''s password:
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
    Could not find fxruby (> 0) in any repository
nparsons at bilbo:~/Downloads> sudo gem install fxruby --remote
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Select which gem to install for your platform (i586-linux)
 1. fxruby 1.6.13 (mswin32)
 2. fxruby 1.6.13 (ruby)
 3. fxruby 1.6.12 (mswin32)
 4. fxruby 1.6.12 (ruby)
 5. Skip this gem
 6. Cancel installation
> 2
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 fxruby --remote
*** 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
        --without-opt-dir
        --with-opt-include
        --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
        --with-opt-lib
        --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
        --with-make-prog
        --without-make-prog
        --srcdir=.
        --curdir
        --ruby=/usr/bin/ruby
        --with-fox-dir
        --without-fox-dir
        --with-fox-include
        --without-fox-include=${fox-dir}/include
        --with-fox-lib
        --without-fox-lib=${fox-dir}/lib
        --with-fxscintilla-dir
        --without-fxscintilla-dir
        --with-fxscintilla-include
        --without-fxscintilla-include=${fxscintilla-dir}/include
        --with-fxscintilla-lib
        --without-fxscintilla-lib=${fxscintilla-dir}/lib
extconf.rb:31:in `find_installed_fox_version'': couldn''t find
FOX header
files (RuntimeError)
        from extconf.rb:157


Gem files will remain installed in
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.13for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.13
/ext/fox16/gem_make.out
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Nicholas Parsons wrote:
> Hi All!
> 
> I''m a fxruby newbie and was just trying to install it using ruby
gems on
> my i386 linux platform.
> 
> I received the following error message and was wondering if anyone else 
> had experienced such an ugly thing when they were installing this using 
> gems.  Seems to be something wrong the the FOX headers.
> 
> Your help is greatly appreciated in advance.
> 
> Thanks!
> --Nick
> 
> % sudo gem install fxruby --remote
> root''s password:
> Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
>     Could not find fxruby (> 0) in any repository
> nparsons at bilbo:~/Downloads> sudo gem install fxruby --remote
> Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
> Select which gem to install for your platform (i586-linux)
>  1. fxruby 1.6.13 (mswin32)
>  2. fxruby 1.6.13 (ruby)
>  3. fxruby 1.6.12 (mswin32)
>  4. fxruby 1.6.12 (ruby)
>  5. Skip this gem
>  6. Cancel installation
>  > 2
> 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 fxruby --remote
> *** 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
>         --without-opt-dir
>         --with-opt-include
>         --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
>         --with-opt-lib
>         --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
>         --with-make-prog
>         --without-make-prog
>         --srcdir=.
>         --curdir
>         --ruby=/usr/bin/ruby
>         --with-fox-dir
>         --without-fox-dir
>         --with-fox-include
>         --without-fox-include=${fox-dir}/include
>         --with-fox-lib
>         --without-fox-lib=${fox-dir}/lib
>         --with-fxscintilla-dir
>         --without-fxscintilla-dir
>         --with-fxscintilla-include
>         --without-fxscintilla-include=${fxscintilla-dir}/include
>         --with-fxscintilla-lib
>         --without-fxscintilla-lib=${fxscintilla-dir}/lib
> extconf.rb:31:in `find_installed_fox_version'': couldn''t
find FOX header
> files (RuntimeError)
>         from extconf.rb:157
> 
> 
> Gem files will remain installed in 
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.13 for inspection.
> Results logged to 
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.6.13/ext/fox16/gem_make.out
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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I installed fxrbuy on windows, and I don''t recall having any
difficulty.
  Do you need to use one of the following instead of fxruby:

gem install fx
gem install fx16
gem install fxruby16


my apologies if this is not helpful.

On Mar 18, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote:
> I''m a fxruby newbie and was just trying to install it using ruby  
> gems on my i386 linux platform.
>
> I received the following error message and was wondering if anyone  
> else had experienced such an ugly thing when they were installing  
> this using gems.  Seems to be something wrong the the FOX headers.
Right. The setup script couldn''t figure out where you''ve
installed
FOX. It checks in a few obvious places (such as /usr/local, or /usr)  
by default.

So the first question is: Where did you install FOX? ;)

---
"FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby"
Now available as a Beta book from the Pragmatic Bookshelf
http://www.pragprog.com/titles/fxruby

On Mar 18, 2008, at 4:06 PM, Joshua Lefkowitz wrote:
> I installed fxruby on windows, and I don''t recall having any  
> difficulty.
>  Do you need to use one of the following instead of fxruby:
>
> gem install fx
> gem install fx16
> gem install fxruby16
No, the name of the gem is just "fxruby". There is a precompiled gem  
for Windows, which is why the installation went smoothly for you. For  
users on other platforms, it needs to be built from the source code,  
and of course you need to have all of the dependencies (such as FOX)  
installed before you can even build FXRuby.

---
"FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby"
Now available as a Beta book from the Pragmatic Bookshelf
http://www.pragprog.com/titles/fxruby

Lyle Johnson wrote:
> On Mar 18, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote:
>
>   
>> I''m a fxruby newbie and was just trying to install it using
ruby
>> gems on my i386 linux platform.
>>
>> I received the following error message and was wondering if anyone  
>> else had experienced such an ugly thing when they were installing  
>> this using gems.  Seems to be something wrong the the FOX headers.
>>     
>
> Right. The setup script couldn''t figure out where you''ve
installed
> FOX. It checks in a few obvious places (such as /usr/local, or /usr)  
> by default.
>
> So the first question is: Where did you install FOX? ;)
>
>   
And also, which version of FOX.  I had a similar problem some time ago 
on Mandriva 2007, trying to install fxruby 1.6 on top of FOX1.4.  On 
Mandriva 2008 the versions matched and fxruby1.6 installed no bother.  
Just a thought.

Len