Can't Install Curb - Having problems with native extensions.

Question

I'm trying to install the curb gem on my Debian machine but I'm having a hard time building the gem with native extensions. I'm using RVM.

Just a list of things I'm using:

• debian
• bundler
• rvm
• ruby-1.9.2-p180
• curb

I'm told I have to install the following packages and I've done so:

 sudo apt-get install libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4-openssl-dev 

When I go ahead and do as such:

gem install curb

 Building native extensions.  This could take a while... ERROR:  Error installing curb:     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/bin/ruby extconf.rb 

checking for curl-config... yes checking for curlinfo_redirect_time... * 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.

Provided configuration options: --with-opt-dir --without-opt-dir --with-opt-include --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include --with-opt-lib --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib --with-make-prog --without-make-prog --srcdir=. --curdir --ruby=/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/bin/ruby --with-curl-dir --with-curl-include --without-curl-include=${curl-dir}/include --with-curl-lib --without-curl-lib=${curl-dir}/lib /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:368:in try_do': The complier failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError) You have to install development tools first. from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:446:intry_compile' from extconf.rb:51:in block in have_constant' from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:693:inblock in checking_for' from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in block (2 levels) in postpone' from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:inopen' from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in block in postpone' from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:inopen' from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in postpone' from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:692:inchecking_for' from extconf.rb:43:in have_constant' from extconf.rb:60:in'

I don't any way around this, any ideas?

Thanks buds.

Answer 1

On a Debian Squeeze, I've managed to install curb with libcurl4-openssl-dev installed before.

It may also work with libcurl4-gnutls-dev, but I've no tested.

Answer 2

You probably need to install curl-devel package.

yum install curl-devel