Getting my RoR Application Running locally

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i'm having real problems trying to install my EngineYard-hoted RoR app on my Mac (for development)

/james-hughess-macbook-2:futology jameshughes$ gem install json Fetching: json-1.5.1.gem (100%) Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing json: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb

mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/json-1.5.1 for inspection. Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/json-1.5.1/ext/json/ext/generator/gem_make.out

Any ideas?

+1 to the previous comment/question. Development libs and headers are not installed with base OS. Installing XCode will put them there — ffoeg
It works if you install devkit - devkit takes care of native installations. Just give it a try. — Selvan

demas demas · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-23T10:15:51

I don't have Mac, but looks line you need to install header files for Ruby. http://www.macruby.org/trac/wiki/Troubleshooting

Getting my RoR Application Running locally

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