Error installing charlock_holmes : Error installing GITLAB

Question

I am trying to install GITLAB. I get this error executing "sudo gem install charlock_holmes --version '0.6.9'" (section Install Gems)

GEOGIT:/geogit/Administrative_Tools # sudo gem install charlock_holmes --version '0.6.9'
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing charlock_holmes:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /usr/bin/ruby1.9 extconf.rb
checking for main() in -licui18n... no
which: no brew in (/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin)
checking for main() in -licui18n... no

***************************************************************************************
*********** icu required (brew install icu4c or apt-get install libicu-dev) ***********
***************************************************************************************
*** 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}/
        --with-make-prog
        --without-make-prog
        --srcdir=.
        --curdir
        --ruby=/usr/bin/ruby1.9
        --with-icu-dir
        --without-icu-dir
        --with-icu-include
        --without-icu-include=${icu-dir}/include
        --with-icu-lib
        --without-icu-lib=${icu-dir}/
        --with-icui18nlib
        --without-icui18nlib
        --with-icui18nlib
        --without-icui18nlib

Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/charlock_holmes-0.6.9 for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/charlock_holmes-0.6.9/ext/charlock_holmes/gem_make.out

Someone, can help me debug those logs and error?

Answer 1

This looks like issue 1952

It was actually weirdness with the way my ubuntu VPS is commissioned. Mine did not come with a C compiler or libdev obviously.

The problem fix I found was to install libdev first, then the GCC
Then apt-get install libicu-dev.

Update 2015: additional comments include:

yum install libicu-devel worked for me

You just need to make sure "patch" is installed (yum install patch) then it should work