Rails - Jun 2005 - Problems with sqlite gem on DreamHost (debian)

I''m trying to help DreamHost set up the sqlite gem on one of their
servers.  The gem fails during install with the following error:

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...

extconf.rb:1:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)

       from extconf.rb:1

ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)

   ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

Gem files will remain installed in
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite-ruby-2.2.2 for inspection.

 ruby extconf.rb install sqlite ruby\n


Results logged to
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite-ruby-2.2.2/ext/gem_make.out

I''m assuming it has something to do with the fact that the debian ruby
packages they are using are not conventional.  I''ve looked on the
machine and mkmf.rb is not there.  Does anyone have any experience
with this already, maybe someone who is familiar with running ruby on
debian?

Thanks,

Carl Youngblood

* Carl Youngblood (carl.youngblood-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org)
[050624 17:15]:
> I''m assuming it has something to do with the fact that the debian
ruby
> packages they are using are not conventional.  I''ve looked on the
> machine and mkmf.rb is not there.  Does anyone have any experience
> with this already, maybe someone who is familiar with running ruby on
> debian?
Yes -- they need to have ruby1.8-dev installed.

Rick
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