Having a issue installing json

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I have been trying and trying and I can't get past this error. I have Ruby version 1.8.7 and Gem version 2.1.11 and I am trying to install open project and I keep coming up with this error

Installing json (1.8.1) Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb

mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h

Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/json-1.8.1 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/json-1.8.1/ext/json/ext/generator/gem_make.out

Any help will be appreciated...

Best,

Mike

An error occurred while installing json (1.8.1), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that gem install json -v '1.8.1' succeeds before bundling. ==> Something went wrong :( ==> Installation aborted.

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Oh, and I am also using SUSE Enterprise. – Michael W.
You sure the gem you are trying to install is compatible with such an old version of ruby? Why don't you upgrade to 2.0? – Severin
that is a great idea. Let me try that now. – Michael W.
I tried updating Ruby and this is what I got.. – Michael W.
rror running 'requirements_opensuse_libs_install libffi-devel libopenssl-devel readline-devel zlib-devel', showing last 15 lines of /root/rvm/log/1386501671_ruby-1.8.7-p371/package_install_libffi-devel_libopenssl-devel_readline-devel_zlib-devel.log (it won't let me install these packages) any ideas? This is a project for work. Getting frustrated with this now. :-) – Michael W.

1 Answers

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Running sudo gem install json worked for me. Note: running gem install json did not work.