> Hello,
>  I've just put a fresh install of kubuntu 6.06.1i on my computer.  I'm
> trying to install the ruby gem termios-0.9.4, with gem 0.9.0 and ruby
> 1.8.4.  I've used the following commands to no avail.
> sudo gem install termios --include-dependencies -- --build-flags
> --with-opt-dir=/usr
> sudo gem install termios --include-dependencies

> I receive the same error in my mkmf.log file every time.  Here's the my
> mkmf.log file from one run:
> have_header: checking for termios.h... -------------------- no

> "gcc -E -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i486-linux -I/usr/include  -Wall -g -O2
>  -fPIC  conftest.c -o conftest.i"
> checked program was:
> /* begin */
> #include <termios.h>
> /* end */

> --------------------

> I've used adept (the graphical package manager for kde) to install
> libtermios-ruby, libtermios-ruby1.8, ruby1.8, ruby1.8-dev, and
> libc6-dev.  My mkmf.log shows that I'm missing the termios.h file.  I
> can see that I have a termios.h file located in /usr/include though,
> from the results above, I am assuming it is not the correct one.  I've
> searched google for termios.h, the package contents for ubuntu for
> termios.h
> (http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=termios.h&...)
> and I have no clue what to try next.

> Any ideas?  Am I missing something simple here?
> Thanks in advance,
>   Jonathan

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:16:29 -0700, Jonathan Wallace wrote:
> For future reference, this is the error one gets when gcc is not
> installed.  *blush*

> On Oct 23, 9:10 pm, "Jonathan Wallace" <jonathan.wall...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>  I've just put a fresh install of kubuntu 6.06.1i on my computer.  I'm
>> trying to install the ruby gem termios-0.9.4, with gem 0.9.0 and ruby
>> 1.8.4.  I've used the following commands to no avail.
>> sudo gem install termios --include-dependencies -- --build-flags
>> --with-opt-dir=/usr
>> sudo gem install termios --include-dependencies

>> I receive the same error in my mkmf.log file every time.  Here's the my
>> mkmf.log file from one run:
>> have_header: checking for termios.h... -------------------- no

>> "gcc -E -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i486-linux -I/usr/include  -Wall -g -O2
>>  -fPIC  conftest.c -o conftest.i"
>> checked program was:
>> /* begin */
>> #include <termios.h>
>> /* end */

>> --------------------

>> I've used adept (the graphical package manager for kde) to install
>> libtermios-ruby, libtermios-ruby1.8, ruby1.8, ruby1.8-dev, and
>> libc6-dev.  My mkmf.log shows that I'm missing the termios.h file.  I
>> can see that I have a termios.h file located in /usr/include though,
>> from the results above, I am assuming it is not the correct one.  I've
>> searched google for termios.h, the package contents for ubuntu for
>> termios.h
>> (http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=termios.h&...)
>> and I have no clue what to try next.

>> Any ideas?  Am I missing something simple here?
>> Thanks in advance,
>>   Jonathan