Re: [webmin-l] which ruby/rails version in virtualmin pro?

[Pat E. <pe...@gm...>]

ok, I just bought a license :)

on a virgin 10.04 though, the rails 3.1.1 installer fails with:

extconf.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)


this helped:
http://mentalized.net/journal/2006/01/24/no_such_file_to_load_mkmf/ at first
but now the installer throws:

in gem_make.out:

 /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb
>
> checking for fcgiapp.h... no
>
> checking for fastcgi/fcgiapp.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/bin/ruby1.8
>
>         --with-fcgi-dir
>
>         --without-fcgi-dir
>
>         --with-fcgi-include
>
>         --without-fcgi-include=${fcgi-dir}/include
>
>         --with-fcgi-lib
>
>         --without-fcgi-lib=${fcgi-dir}/lib
>
>
>
and in mkmf.log


>> have_header: checking for fcgiapp.h... -------------------- no
>
>
>> "gcc -E -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux -I.    -fno-strict-aliasing
>> -g -g -O2  -fPIC    conftest.c -o conftest.i"
>
> conftest.c:1:21: error: fcgiapp.h: No such file or directory
>
> checked program was:
>
> /* begin */
>
> 1: #include <fcgiapp.h>
>
> /* end */
>
>
>> --------------------
>
>
>> have_header: checking for fastcgi/fcgiapp.h... -------------------- no
>
>
>> "gcc -E -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux -I.    -fno-strict-aliasing
>> -g -g -O2  -fPIC    conftest.c -o conftest.i"
>
> conftest.c:1:29: error: fastcgi/fcgiapp.h: No such file or directory
>
> checked program was:
>
> /* begin */
>
> 1: #include <fastcgi/fcgiapp.h>
>
> /* end */
>
>
>> --------------------
>
>
>>
PAT

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 19:56, Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:

> On 24/Oct/2011 04:32 Pat Erler <pe...@gm...> wrote ..
>
> hi,
>
> i need to set up a rack for a customer who want's to use ruby on rails. as
> virtualmin looks like the most comfortable way to do this, remains the
> question, which versions of ruby and of rails is installed? it is updated
> regularly? do you use RVM for this?
>
> We have an installer for Rails 2.3.8 and 3.1.1, which gets updated
> frequently. However, I would recommend using a reasonable up-to-date Linux
> distribution (like Ubuntu 10.04) if you want to run Rails, as it has
> dependencies that can only be satisfied by the latest Ruby and Gems
> versions..
>
>  - Jamie
>
>
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