Error while installing ruby-1.8.7 on Fedora 15

Question

Using RVM, I tried to install ree-1.8.7-2011.03 after installing Fedora 15 and I get the following error. Using rvm install ree-1.8.7-2011.03 on Ubuntu 11.04 works fine..

Same error (and solution) with MRI ruby-1.8.7-p334 on Fedora 15.

Any ideas as to how to fix this?

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ryguy/.rvm/src/ree-1.8.7-2011.03/source/ext/dl' gcc -I/opt/local/include -I. -I/opt/local/include -I../.. -I../../. -I../.././ext/dl -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -DHAVE_DLOPEN -DHAVE_DLCLOSE -DHAVE_DLSYM -DHAVE_DLERROR    -I. -fPIC -g -O2   -fno-defer-pop -fno-omit-frame-pointer  -c ptr.c gcc -I/opt/local/include -I. -I/opt/local/include -I../.. -I../../. -I../.././ext/dl -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -DHAVE_DLOPEN -DHAVE_DLCLOSE -DHAVE_DLSYM -DHAVE_DLERROR    -I. -fPIC -g -O2   -fno-defer-pop -fno-omit-frame-pointer  -c handle.c Generating callback.func Generating cbtable.func gcc -I/opt/local/include -I. -I/opt/local/include -I../.. -I../../. -I../.././ext/dl -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -DHAVE_DLOPEN -DHAVE_DLCLOSE -DHAVE_DLSYM -DHAVE_DLERROR    -I. -fPIC -g -O2   -fno-defer-pop -fno-omit-frame-pointer  -c dl.c In file included from dl.c:104:0: callback.func:1:1: warning: data definition has no type or storage class [enabled by default] callback.func:1:7: error: expected identifier or ‘(’ before ‘long’ In file included from dl.c:104:0: callback.func:78:33: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘(’ token callback.func:79:3: warning: data definition has no type or storage class [enabled by default] callback.func:79:24: error: ‘proc’ undeclared here (not in a function) callback.func:79:39: error: ‘argc’ undeclared here (not in a function) callback.func:79:45: error: ‘argv’ undeclared here (not in a function) callback.func:82:1: error: expected identifier or ‘(’ before ‘}’ token dl.c:106:1: error: expected ‘;’, ‘,’ or ‘)’ before ‘static’ make[1]: *** [dl.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ryguy/.rvm/src/ree-1.8.7-2011.03/source/ext/dl' make: *** [all] Error 1 

Answer 1

This also happens when installing ruby-1.8.7 with rvm in Fedora 15.

Reinier Balt's answer also works, in my case I had to install system wide ruby using yum.

Here's what I did:

cd ~/.rvm/src/ruby-1.8.7-p334/ext/dl ruby mkcallback.rb > callback.func ruby mkcbtable.rb > cbtable.func