Hello, I have been trying out sup, and rather like it. Unfortunately, it seems very easy to crash :-( First things though, how do I get utf8 support working properly? [Mon Apr 12 08:52:00 +1000 2010] No ''ncursesw'' gem detected. Install it for wide character support. How do I install this on a Ubuntu Karmic system? I tried: brian at aquitard:~/tree/sup$ sudo gem install ncursesw Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing ncursesw: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb extconf.rb:23:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) from extconf.rb:23 Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ncursesw-1.2.4.1 for inspection. Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ncursesw-1.2.4.1/gem_make.out Thanks -- Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>
Hi Brian - I believe before installing the ncursesw gem, you need to install libncurses-ruby (using aptitude). You may also need libncursesw-dev; I''ve got both of those installed on my machine, and I''m honestly not sure which one is necessary. Ian Excerpts from Brian May''s message of Sun Apr 11 19:08:28 -0400 2010:> Hello, > > I have been trying out sup, and rather like it. Unfortunately, it > seems very easy > to crash :-( > > First things though, how do I get utf8 support working properly? > > [Mon Apr 12 08:52:00 +1000 2010] No ''ncursesw'' gem detected. Install > it for wide character support. > > How do I install this on a Ubuntu Karmic system? > > I tried: > > brian at aquitard:~/tree/sup$ sudo gem install ncursesw > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > ERROR: Error installing ncursesw: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb > extconf.rb:23:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) > from extconf.rb:23 > > > Gem files will remain installed in > /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ncursesw-1.2.4.1 for inspection. > Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ncursesw-1.2.4.1/gem_make.out > > > Thanks-- Ian Smith ismith at mit.edu http://www.bostonaccess.org
On 12 April 2010 09:30, Ian Smith <ismith at mit.edu> wrote:> Hi Brian - I believe before installing the ncursesw gem, you need to install > libncurses-ruby (using aptitude). ?You may also need libncursesw-dev; I''ve got > both of those installed on my machine, and I''m honestly not sure which one is > necessary.Hello, Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, on my system, I have both these packages installed :-( -- Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>
Excerpts from Brian May''s message of 2010-04-11 19:08:28 -0400:> /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb > extconf.rb:23:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) > from extconf.rb:23You need ruby-dev for mkmf.
On 12 April 2010 09:08, Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote:> [Mon Apr 12 08:52:00 +1000 2010] No ''ncursesw'' gem detected. Install > it for wide character support.For some reason I was certain I had resolved this issue. It looks like it has come back again. Am using Ubuntu Lucid. -- Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>