Sqlite3 on Ruby

Francisco Colina

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Jun 10, 2009, 12:47:47 AM6/10/09

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Hello I'm trying to install gem sqlite 3 and I'm getting this error:

root@kundera-laptop:/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems# gem install sqlite3-ruby
--version 1.2.2
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing sqlite3-ruby:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for fdatasync() in -lrt... yes
checking for sqlite3.h... no
*** 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/bin/ruby
--with-sqlite3-dir
--without-sqlite3-dir
--with-sqlite3-include
--without-sqlite3-include=${sqlite3-dir}/include
--with-sqlite3-lib
--without-sqlite3-lib=${sqlite3-dir}/lib
--with-rtlib
--without-rtlib

Gem files will remain installed in
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.2 for inspection.
Results logged to
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.2/ext/sqlite3_api/gem_make.out

The make out file was not helpful at all so if anyone knows what is the
problem , what do I need to install I will highly appreciate it.
Regards
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Satish Talim

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Jun 10, 2009, 1:05:00 AM6/10/09

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[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

Which O/S are you using?

For Windows XP, sqlite3-ruby 1.2.3 apparently was the last version which had
a precompiled gem file available (hence the attempt by gem to compile a
fresh one for version 1.2.4 or newer installations). The work-around is to
install an older version which seems to work although it has its foibles. So
to install the older version just type:

C:\> gem install sqlite3-ruby -v=1.2.3

Satish Talim

Mohit Sindhwani

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Jun 10, 2009, 2:35:45 AM6/10/09

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Francisco Colina wrote:
> Hello I'm trying to install gem sqlite 3 and I'm getting this error:
>
>
>
> root@kundera-laptop:/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems# gem install sqlite3-ruby
> --version 1.2.2
> Building native extensions. This could take a while...
>

You need to install the sqlite development headers also. You could find
some information if you search the net for something like "ubuntu
install sqlite3" - you'll need to set up sqlite with the development
headers and then when you run the sqlite3 gem install, it will be able
to build native extensions.

Cheers,
Mohit.
6/10/2009 | 2:35 PM.

Francisco Colina

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Jun 10, 2009, 5:26:22 PM6/10/09

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Mohit & Satish

Thank you guys for the reply , I successfully install sqlite3 in my
computer.

Wilfredo Rivera

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Jun 12, 2009, 6:07:15 AM6/12/09

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Hi:

I had a similar error. The error went away when I installed
libsqlite3-dev on Linux (Ubuntu).via Synaptic.

Hope this helps.

Good day.