CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-railssqliteosx-lion
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Reputation: 1348

Sqlite3 Gem fails to install for Rails/Rvm on Mac OS Lion

I'm a double-newbie: new to Mac and Rails. Picked up a new Mac (finally) on Friday, and have had trouble getting my Rails app running ever since.

Here's what I've done, including this in THIS POST:

But no change in outcome:

Here's where bundle install chokes:

Installing sqlite3 (1.3.3) with native extensions /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:551:in `build_extensions': ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)

    /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... no sqlite3 is missing. Try 'port install sqlite3 +universal' or 'yum install sqlite3-devel' and check your shared library search path (the location where your sqlite3 shared library is located). * 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.

tried sudo port install sqlite3 +universal, but failed on what looks like a path error: post: command not found

so tried again with explicit path to port: sudo /opt/local/bin/port install sqlite3

which was successful, then bundle install: same error as the first.

Is it a path issue? Compile? Frustrating.. :)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1608

Answers (1)

AlexChaffee
AlexChaffee

Reputation: 8252

Which version of XCode did you install? OS X Lion appears to require XCode 4.1, which is available as a free download at the App Store.

However, your error seems to be that you need to specify a path to the sqlite3 library. Try gem install sqlite3 --with-sqlite3-dir=/opt/local

BTW the latest version of the sqlite3 gem is 1.3.4; it was released recently and is more tolerant of older versions of the sqlite3 lib.

Upvotes: 1

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