Re: sqlite3-ruby gem install problem

Tom Cloyd wrote:
[on Kubuntu Linux 8.04.1, with Ruby 1.8.6 and latest rubygems]

I think the installation routine was looking for sqlite3.h and couldn't
find it, but I may be way off. I'm clearly beyond my comfort/knowledge
boundary...again. Here's the first part of the console output:

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tomc@tomc-desktop:~/Ruby-work$ sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby
[sudo] password for tomc:
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing sqlite3-ruby:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb install sqlite3-ruby
checking for fdatasync() in -lrt... yes
checking for sqlite3.h... no
*** 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.
.
.
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I'm installing this for use with Radiant, if that matters, as advised by
http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Installation - "If you are using a newer
version of SQLite3, make sure you have the latest version of
sqlite3-ruby (1.2.1), or you will have problems with NULL fields."

IF it needs sqlite3.h (which I confirmed is not to be found in my file
system), where do I get it, and where do I put it? It's not in the Adept
package manager.

Thanks for any help, which is much needed at this point.

t.


Well, drat. While poking around a blog post about the Junebug wiki,
relevant because it's installed on the Radiantcms.org website (which
presumably is running Radiant (!) - and that confuses me - I found this:

"make sure you have the libsqlite3-dev package installed on
(ubuntu|debian), or the sqlite gem won't compile"

I love secret knowledge, but only when I'm in on the secret. I simply
cannot imagine how I might have know this in advance.

In any case, THAT IS in the adept package manager, and installing solved
the problem.

On to the next one.

t.


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