Comments on: Merb and Datamapper on Ubuntu with XAMPP http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/ Dev related notes, tutorials and anecdotes Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:38:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Henrik http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/#comment-597 Henrik Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:06:34 +0000 http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/#comment-597 I just did a install on my new laptop with Gutsy and I had the same compile problems again with errors happening in the "compiling native extensions" stage of the gem installs of for instance do_mysql, datamapper and do_postgres. So I fired up synaptic and did a search for "libruby", browsing through the list and installing the most likely candidates that might help solved the problem. Seems like headers are needed too, i.e. files that can be found in synaptic by searching for for instance "ruby-dev", "mysql-dev" and "dev-8.2" (postgres). I just did a install on my new laptop with Gutsy and I had the same compile problems again with errors happening in the “compiling native extensions” stage of the gem installs of for instance do_mysql, datamapper and do_postgres. So I fired up synaptic and did a search for “libruby”, browsing through the list and installing the most likely candidates that might help solved the problem.

Seems like headers are needed too, i.e. files that can be found in synaptic by searching for for instance “ruby-dev”, “mysql-dev” and “dev-8.2″ (postgres).

]]> By: Rene http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/#comment-412 Rene Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:41:28 +0000 http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/#comment-412 Servus, I didn't know that you had a website ... interessting stuff. Prost René Servus,

I didn’t know that you had a website … interessting stuff.

Prost René

]]> By: Henrik http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/#comment-408 Henrik Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:26:28 +0000 http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/#comment-408 I didn't have any problems either on Feisty with the gem installations, just that missing path variable. As far as XAMPP goes I use it because the default LAMP that my Linux admin installs all the time (on Suse) runs older versions of a PHP that in addition lacks certain extensions which can be a mess to install. XAMPP has got everything up and running out of the box. However, I don't doubt that getting the default LAMP running on Ubuntu is a piece of cake, the question is, does it have extensions like pdo_mysql compiled per default nowadays? I didn’t have any problems either on Feisty with the gem installations, just that missing path variable. As far as XAMPP goes I use it because the default LAMP that my Linux admin installs all the time (on Suse) runs older versions of a PHP that in addition lacks certain extensions which can be a mess to install. XAMPP has got everything up and running out of the box. However, I don’t doubt that getting the default LAMP running on Ubuntu is a piece of cake, the question is, does it have extensions like pdo_mysql compiled per default nowadays?

]]> By: Finn Higgins http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/#comment-406 Finn Higgins Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:10:12 +0000 http://www.prodevtips.com/2008/01/14/merb-and-datamapper-on-ubuntu-with-xampp/#comment-406 I can't help but think you're making life a little tricky for yourself. Getting LAMP going on Ubuntu is a piece of cake - tasksel does the job for me, along with apt-get install phpmyadmin - so there's really very little need for XAMPP. And if you stay on the packaged path then it's just a question of basically installing every single /^lib.*ruby$/ package (and a bunch of *-dev packages to get the required headers to compile C extensions) and all seems to work out pretty well. Getting Merb and Datamapper working on Gutsy at home was just a matter of following their installation instructions. Most of the Ubuntu/Ruby woes come from the sheer number of packages that the essentials are broken up across. I can’t help but think you’re making life a little tricky for yourself. Getting LAMP going on Ubuntu is a piece of cake - tasksel does the job for me, along with apt-get install phpmyadmin - so there’s really very little need for XAMPP. And if you stay on the packaged path then it’s just a question of basically installing every single /^lib.*ruby$/ package (and a bunch of *-dev packages to get the required headers to compile C extensions) and all seems to work out pretty well.

Getting Merb and Datamapper working on Gutsy at home was just a matter of following their installation instructions. Most of the Ubuntu/Ruby woes come from the sheer number of packages that the essentials are broken up across.

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