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I am trying to build my first ruby on rails app using the following guide (http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/a-demo-app#code-demo_gemfile_sqlite_version_redux) and have run into a few obstacles. The first, receiving errors when upgrading to the latest rails version 3.2.8. 

bash-3.2$ gem install rails
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing rails:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/Users/davidmolina/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby extconf.rb
creating Makefile

make
compiling generator.c
make: /usr/bin/gcc-4.2: No such file or directory
make: *** [generator.o] Error 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Users/davidmolina/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/json-1.7.5 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/davidmolina/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/json-1.7.5/ext/json/ext/generator/gem_make.out

Even when trying to install from rails app: 

$ gem install rails
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing rails:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/Users/davidmolina/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby extconf.rb
creating Makefile

make
compiling generator.c
make: /usr/bin/gcc-4.2: No such file or directory
make: *** [generator.o] Error 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Users/davidmolina/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/json-1.7.5 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/davidmolina/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/json-1.7.5/ext/json/ext/generator/gem_make.out

When trying to Bundle Install:

$ bundle install
Could not locate Gemfile

Background details: Mac OS X Version 10.8.2 Ruby 1.9.3 Rails 2.3.4

I'm wondering if there is a direct one-liner or gem that is missing?

edit: sudo ln -s /usr/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2 /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 Then run bundle update rails Rails 3.2.8 should run now. Thanks to @peterwongpp for the post (http://peterwongpp.com/posts/missing-gcc-4-2-on-mountain-lion).

davidcmolina
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What it's looking for and not finding is a program called GCC, which is a C compiler. A fair number of Ruby libraries have some parts written in C, either for speed or to interface with existing C libraries.

I believe that installing XCode may clear this up: it's kind of a pain but you'd have to do it at some point anyway.

  • Phil, thanks. I already have Xcode v4.5.1. When checking the gcc -v I get the following: – davidcmolina Oct 18 '12 at 00:31
  • $ gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: i686-apple-darwin11 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.11.00) – davidcmolina Oct 18 '12 at 00:31
  • This link helped, at minimum, get the newest rails version installed. Will update solution here when I find it: http://peterwongpp.com/posts/missing-gcc-4-2-on-mountain-lion. – davidcmolina Oct 19 '12 at 09:13