Can't install ruby_speech gem, checking for pcre.h... no

[scarver2]

For anyone attempting to gem install ruby_speech, you must have the pcre library installed first.

On OSX with Homebrew, brew install pcre

On Ubuntu, sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev

If you `gem install ruby_speech and get the following error, this applies to you:

/Users/username/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p0/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for pcre.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
    --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=/Users/username/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p0/bin/ruby
extconf.rb:5:in `<main>': undefined local variable or method `lib' for main:Object (NameError)

[benlangfeld]

Thanks Stan, I'll make sure this is mentioned in the docs and see if we can make the build error any more friendly.

[benlangfeld]

I think documenting this is all we can do, I don't think there's a way to make the error friendlier :(

[scarver2]

Thanks, Ben. Now that we have dialoged about this, Google will help anyone searching for "can't install ruby speech gem"

On Jun 20, 2013, at 12:14 PM, Ben Langfeld notifications@github.com wrote:

I think documenting this is all we can do, I don't think there's a way to make the error friendlier :(

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[benlangfeld]

Fixed :)

[wyaldalex]

Thanks a lot :+1: