Error installing compass in OSX Yosemite (or Sierra)

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Good day I have a Mac with OSX Yosemite I'm trying to install the compass with the command:

sudo gem install compass

but I am getting the following error:

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing compass:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20151001-1122-1jqcu8r.rb extconf.rb
mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/include/ruby.h

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/ffi-1.9.10 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/extensions/universal-darwin-14/2.0.0/ffi-1.9.10/gem_make.out

before attempting to install the package I updated the gem with the command

sudo gem update --system

and the update occurred without errors

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Bert Vermeire Bert Vermeire · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-01T14:43:37

You probably need to install the command line developer tools first.

xcode-select --install

Then try sudo gem install compass again

Error installing compass in OSX Yosemite (or Sierra)

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