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I can't seem to get gem install charlock_holmes -v 0.6.9.4 to work.

I can hand edit the ./ext/charlock_holmes/extconf.rb and includ

$INCFLAGS << " -I/usr/local/include "
$LDFLAGS << " -L/usr/local/lib "

execute make cleanly and re-write the spec file via

gem spec ../../cache/charlock_holmes-0.6.9.4.gem --ruby > ../../specifications/charlock_holmes-0.6.9.4.gemspec

and make it a local gem.

  1. How do I get the gem to install?
  2. There must be a better way to append what amounts to CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS to the gem install.
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It appears the suffix --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/include and --with-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib resulting in

gem install charlock_holmes -v 0.6.9.4 -- --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/include --with-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib

Accomplishes both 1 & 2 from above.

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