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I'm trying to get the fcgi gem installed. I get the error below. Just setting up my account. I want to use fcgi to improve Ruby script performance without a Rails deployment (for now). Any help appreciated.

- Tony

gem install fcgi -i ~/.gems
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing fcgi:
       ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb install fcgi -i /home/textflo/.gems
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/local/bin/ruby
       --with-fcgi-dir
       --without-fcgi-dir
       --with-fcgi-include
       --without-fcgi-include=${fcgi-dir}/include
       --with-fcgi-lib
       --without-fcgi-lib=${fcgi-dir}/lib


Gem files will remain installed in /home/textflo/.gems/gems/fcgi-0.8.7 for inspection.
Results logged to /home/textflo/.gems/gems/fcgi-0.8.7/ext/fcgi/gem_make.out
textflo@textflows.com [~]# cat /home/textflo/.gems/gems/fcgi-0.8.7/ext/fcgi/gem_make.out
/usr/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb install fcgi -i /home/textflo/.gems
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/local/bin/ruby
       --with-fcgi-dir
       --without-fcgi-dir
       --with-fcgi-include
       --without-fcgi-include=${fcgi-dir}/include
       --with-fcgi-lib
       --without-fcgi-lib=${fcgi-dir}/lib

2008-09-25 04:58 PM

http://www.tonyconfrey.net
http://www.textflows.com
I've unpacked fcgi-0.8.7 gem into your ~/.gem folder. Please check it now.

2008-09-25 05:32 PM

Regards,
Rahul

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