[libxml-devel] error installing libxml-ruby v0.9.7 on Linux

[Tom Hughes]

Stephen Bannasch wrote:
>> Stephen Bannasch wrote:
>>> Is there a way to get more clues about the compilation problem?
>>>
>>> It definitely seems like libm and zlib are installed.
>>>
>>> mkmf.log:     http://gist.github.com/45885
>>> gem_make.out: http://gist.github.com/45886
>>
>> It looks like ruby-devel is missing which is probably going to be 
>> fairly problematic when trying to build a ruby extension.
> 
> What did you notice that led you to that diagnosis?

The complaints that it couldn't find libruby-static when linking some of 
the test programs.

Tom

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