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RubyGems is a package management tool for the Ruby programming language.

ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension (ruby extconf.rb): Mac OSX

I am attempting to install a gem, and I get this error, which myself and the gem author have never …

ruby macos gem native-code
Setup RSpec to test a gem (not Rails)

It is pretty easy with the added generator of rspec-rails to setup RSpec for testing a Rails application. But how …

testing rubygems rspec gem rspec2
Why Bundle Install is installing gems in vendor/bundle?

Whenever I do bundle install all of the gems get installed at app_dir/vendor/bundle path and consumes loads …

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ERROR: Error installing ffi: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

Got the DevKit installed and re-ran the ffi install….got this as an output: C:\Documents and Settings\******>gem …

ruby gem ffi
Installing openssl in ruby / rbenv

I need to use openssl in ruby. How should I install the same? I've installed ruby through rbenv, and am …

ruby gem openssl rbenv
Ruby MYSQL2 gem installation on windows 7

I'm trying to installing the mysql2 gem on windows 7 I downloaded the connector from the mysql site and placed the …

ruby gem mysql2
therubyracer install error

As you can see below, libv8 installs fine, but therubyracer doesn't. I'm using Mac 10.7.4. ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1&…

gem therubyracer
nokogiri will not install - ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

On a ubuntu 12.04 I get the below. sudo apt-get install libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt libxslt-dev sudo gem install nokogiri Building …

ruby gem nokogiri
Error installing gem capybara-webkit

I am new to ruby, but while trying to install capybara to run test on my system I get the …

ruby gem capybara
Using --no-rdoc and --no-ri with bundler

When using gem install gem_name I can pass --no-rdoc and --no-ri switches to skip generating RDoc/RI documentation for …

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