I don’t like my first post to be a question but after many hours staring at google search results, I have reached a dead end.
The original problem is that I received the following error when installing Sql Lite (sqlite3-ruby):
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension
I’ve put the full error message at the bottom…
I have since followed various advice including:
- adding --with path to the installer
- getting a list of available versions and installing a specific one
- using the which command to get the correct location for the --with command
- several posts advised to just work through the steps again, i’ve done this several times
- I even tried to cheat by using the mysql gem (which installed first time), however, when I came to start mongrel it then complained about sqlite being missing
I am following the Simply Rails 2 Book and have had problems at almost every step, I’ve put most of this down to Lion as the book does not cover that. But I am now at a point where I cannot continue.
Can anyone point me towards EITHER getting SQL lite working OR completing the book with mysql.
… punch and pie
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing sqlite3-ruby:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for sqlite3.h... yes
checking for sqlite3_libversion_number() in -lsqlite3... yes
checking for rb_proc_arity()... no
checking for sqlite3_initialize()... yes
checking for sqlite3_backup_init()... yes
checking for sqlite3_column_database_name()... no
checking for sqlite3_enable_load_extension()... no
checking for sqlite3_load_extension()... no
creating Makefile
make
gcc -I. -I. -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin11.0 -I. -DHAVE_SQLITE3_INITIALIZE -DHAVE_SQLITE3_BACKUP_INIT -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE -fno-common -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -DENABLE_DTRACE -fno-common -pipe -fno-common -c backup.c
In file included from ./sqlite3_ruby.h:42,
from backup.c:3:
./backup.h:7: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘sqlite3_backup’
backup.c: In function ‘initialize’:
backup.c:63: error: ‘sqlite3_backup’ undeclared (first use in this function)
backup.c:63: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
backup.c:63: error: for each function it appears in.)
backup.c:63: error: ‘pBackup’ undeclared (first use in this function)
backup.c:77: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c: In function ‘step’:
backup.c:101: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c:102: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c: In function ‘finish’:
backup.c:115: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c:116: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c:117: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c: In function ‘remaining’:
backup.c:133: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c:134: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c: In function ‘pagecount’:
backup.c:149: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
backup.c:150: error: ‘sqlite3BackupRuby’ has no member named ‘p’
make: *** [backup.o] Error 1
Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-1.3.5 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-1.3.5/ext/sqlite3/gem_make.out
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