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#1 2019-04-22 06:47:37

Sourav
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fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

When I try to compile a C file named p.c with the following codes:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<ruby.h>
#include<ruby/io.h>

int main() {
}

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I get the error:

p.c:2:9: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory
#include<ruby.h>
         ^~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

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I have used Debian / Debian based and Fedora systems where I can install the ruby-dev package to solve this issue. However, since pacman doesn't have the ruby-dev package in any of  it's repository, I just wonder what can I do to fix this issue.

Last edited by Sourav (2019-04-22 06:49:10)

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#2 2019-04-22 07:03:14

seth
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Re: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ruby/ruby.h comes w/ the "ruby" package …

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#3 2019-04-22 07:11:21

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Re: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

seth wrote:

/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ruby/ruby.h comes w/ the "ruby" package …

Ok, first things first, I have ruby, ruby-rdocs, ruby-doc packages, and also the base-devel group installed.

Now, in my code, if I include
    #include</usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ruby/ruby.h>

I get another error:
/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ruby/ruby.h:24:10: fatal error: ruby/config.h: No such file or directory
#include "ruby/config.h"

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#4 2019-04-22 07:15:43

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Re: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

Maybe add /usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ to the include path…?

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#5 2019-04-22 07:17:11

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Re: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

Specify the include dir when you call CC. Even better, use meson.

Your original example compiles with

CC -I/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ -I/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/x86_64-linux/ main.c

Also, please use code tags for code.

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#6 2019-04-22 12:45:32

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Re: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

And/or learn to use pkgconf properly when you are compiling something - you'll also need ruby specific flags for linking.  This is precisely what pkgconf is for and why the ruby package comes with a .pc file.


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#7 2019-04-22 14:27:49

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Re: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

Mr.Elendig wrote:

Specify the include dir when you call CC. Even better, use meson.

Your original example compiles with

CC -I/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ -I/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/x86_64-linux/ main.c

Also, please use code tags for code.


Nice, it worked with cc.

Sorry for the late reply. But I also tested this on fedora. After installing ruby-devel, I just got it working with GCC.

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However, I am seeing that the config.h is really included under /usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/x86_64-linux/ruby/ directory. But on most systems we find this under /usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ruby/ directory.

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But it worked with cc after including the path...

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#8 2019-04-22 14:29:07

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Re: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

Trilby wrote:

And/or learn to use pkgconf properly when you are compiling something - you'll also need ruby specific flags for linking.  This is precisely what pkgconf is for and why the ruby package comes with a .pc file.

I just got it with pacman. I also have RVM installed where I have other Ruby versions.
But it solved my issue if I specify the path in cc.

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#9 2019-04-22 18:04:05

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Re: fatal error: ruby.h: No such file or directory

Sourav wrote:
Mr.Elendig wrote:

Specify the include dir when you call CC. Even better, use meson.

Your original example compiles with

CC -I/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ -I/usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/x86_64-linux/ main.c

Also, please use code tags for code.


Nice, it worked with cc.

Sorry for the late reply. But I also tested this on fedora. After installing ruby-devel, I just got it working with GCC.

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However, I am seeing that the config.h is really included under /usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/x86_64-linux/ruby/ directory. But on most systems we find this under /usr/include/ruby-2.6.0/ruby/ directory.

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But it worked with cc after including the path...

CC is just a placeholder for the C compiler, usually gcc or clang, it is the include flags (-I) that does the "magic"


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