gem-newbie's first attempt...

[Wybo Dekker]

Hi I tried to install fxri, but got an error; did I do something
wrong?:

sudo gem install fxri

Attempting local installation of 'fxri'
Local gem file not found: fxri*.gem
Attempting remote installation of 'fxri'
Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Install required dependency fxruby? [Yn]
Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-linux)
1. fxruby 1.2.3 (mswin32)
2. fxruby 1.2.3 (ruby)
3. fxruby 1.2.2 (ruby)
4. fxruby 1.2.2 (mswin32)
5. fxruby 1.2.1 (mswin32)
6. fxruby 1.2.1 (ruby)
7. Cancel installation

2

Building native extensions. This could take a while...
extconf.rb:30:in `find_installed_fox_version': couldn't find FOX header
files (RuntimeError)
from extconf.rb:155
ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.2.3 for inspection.
ruby extconf.rb install fxri\n

Results logged to
/home/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.2.3/ext/fox12/gem_make.out

 

[Martin Ankerl]

extconf.rb:30:in `find_installed_fox_version': couldn't find FOX header

Hi! I think this means that you do not have the Fox libraries
installed, which are required for fxruby. I don't know which
distribution you use, but in gentoo you just have to type "emerge
fox".

 

[Wybo Dekker]

Hi! I think this means that you do not have the Fox libraries
installed, which are required for fxruby. I don't know which
distribution you use, but in gentoo you just have to type "emerge
fox".

Hm, I installed fox-1.4.5.tar.gz but I'm still getting:

sudo gem install fxri

Attempting local installation of 'fxri'
Local gem file not found: fxri*.gem
Attempting remote installation of 'fxri'
Install required dependency fxruby? [Yn] y
Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-linux)
1. fxruby 1.2.3 (mswin32)
2. fxruby 1.2.3 (ruby)
3. fxruby 1.2.2 (ruby)
4. fxruby 1.2.2 (mswin32)
5. fxruby 1.2.1 (mswin32)
6. fxruby 1.2.1 (ruby)
7. Cancel installation

2

Building native extensions. This could take a while...
extconf.rb:30:in `find_installed_fox_version': couldn't find FOX header
files (RuntimeError)
from extconf.rb:155
ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.2.3 for inspection.
ruby extconf.rb install fxri\n

Results logged to
/home/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fxruby-1.2.3/ext/fox12/gem_make.out

 

[Martin Ankerl]

Hm, I installed fox-1.4.5.tar.gz but I'm still getting:

You need fox 1.2

martinus

 

[Wybo Dekker]

You need fox 1.2

I tried fox-1.2.13.tar.gz : same result (pointing to fxruby 1.2.3)

I then tried by pointing to fxruby 1.2.2: same problem
fxruby 1.2.1: same problem

Do I need to try going down from fox-1.2.13 to 1.2.12, 1.2.11, 10, 9,
8, 7, ...?