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

[Stephen Bannasch]

>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.

Thanks for the tip Tom -- rebuilding Ruby with all the appropriate 
dependencies installed fixed the gem install problem.