Ruby

I need to install pg 0.17.1 gem on a server running CentOS. This is the error message I saw: # gem install pg -v '0.17.1' Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing pg: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb checking for pg_config... no No pg_config... trying anyway. If building fails, please try again with --with-pg-config=/path/to/pg_config checking for libpq-fe.h... no Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header *** extconf....

While reading Linux Journal Issue 181 today, I stumbled upon a section explaining about running Ruby on Rails on Apache using an Apache module called Phusion Passenger, also known as mod_rails. To install Passenger, I followed the instruction provided in the magazine: sudo gem install passenger Unxpectedly, I got the following error: ``Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing passenger: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension....

I tried to install JSON for Ruby via RubyGem, # gem install json and I got the following error message: Building native extensions. This could take a while...<br /> ERROR: Error installing json:<br /> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. <br /> /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb install json<br /> extconf.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)<br /> from extconf.rb:1<br /> <br /> Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1....