[libxml-devel] Problems installing libxml-ruby on OS X 10.3

[Dan Janowski]

What does the mkmf.log contain?

On Dec 16, 2007, at 22:18, Henry Wagner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm running into some errors installing libxml-ruby on OS X 10.3.9.
> I'm using ruby 1.8.6
>
> Gonk:~/Desktop apple$ sudo gem install -r libxml-ruby
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
>    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> ruby extconf.rb install -r libxml-ruby
> checking for socket() in -lsocket... no
> checking for gethostbyname() in -lnsl... no
> checking for atan() in -lm... no
> checking for atan() in -lm... 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.
>
> What are all the "no" lines about? I appear to have the 4 prerequest
> libraries installed.
>
> Henry
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