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Ruby

Posted by Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

Failed to download ruby

Tryed to download ruby version 2.0.0-p353 but i get this error message.

BUILD FAILED

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514141035.57306
Results logged to /var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514141035.57306.log

Last 10 log lines:
/var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514141035.57306/ruby-2.0.0-p353 /var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514141035.57306 /
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-libyaml-dir, --with-openssl-dir, --with-readline-dir
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin13.1.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin13.1.0
checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin13.1.0
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514141035.57306/ruby-2.0.0-p353':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

Thanks!

7 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

also possibly try exporting the following CC variable:

$ export CC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc
Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points
Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

I get 

clang: error: no input files
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

ok thats good. well your compiler seems to be installed then. try opening that config.log file in a text editor (i think its located here /var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514142457.57776/ruby-2.0.0-p353 ruby-2.0.0-p353 might not be a directory so you might have to try /var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514142457.57776/

list those directories and see if you can find that log file

Naomi Freeman
STAFF
Naomi Freeman
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Naomi Freeman
Naomi Freeman
Treehouse Guest Teacher

I checked on Github and it's a known issue in Ruby. I can't seem to find a resolution.

Maybe try to install homebrew instead: http://brew.sh/

and then from there install ruby: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/installation/#homebrew

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

Thanks for the quick reply. Is homebrew like rbenv?

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

hmm. try installing the xcode command line tools by running the following command:

$ xcode-select --install

then try installing your ruby again

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

Thank you for the quick response. I tried installing xcode and I still get a error message but its different now.

Last 10 log lines:
/var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514142457.57776/ruby-2.0.0-p353 /var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514142457.57776 /
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-libyaml-dir, --with-openssl-dir, --with-readline-dir
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin13.1.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin13.1.0
checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin13.1.0
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/var/folders/zs/z38_8dks73n8n6rky6plxvwr0000gn/T/ruby-build.20140514142457.57776/ruby-2.0.0-p353':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

No wait its the same error message

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

type 

$ gcc

and see what output you get.

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points
Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

Ok I found the log file.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

try exporting the CC variable as well. and post contents of log file if that does not work

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points
Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

I think that did the trick. Its still installing!

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points
Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

Stone Preston thank you that solved the problem!