Ferret install, rake failing on make

I’m currently trying to install the latest version of Ferret (0.10.9)
on my Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) system. I have tried the gem, but it does
not generate the ferret_ext.so file.

I am now trying an install from source, but when I run the command ‘$
rake ext’ I get the following error when it reaches the ‘make’ command:

make
rake aborted!
Command failed with status (127): [make]
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:722:in sh' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:729:insh’
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:812:in sh' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:807:insh’
/home/dougal/ferret-0.10.9/Rakefile:137
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:in execute' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:inexecute’
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:357:in invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thread.rb:135:insynchronize’
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:in invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:364:ininvoke_prerequisites’
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:999:in each' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:363:ininvoke_prerequisites’
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:356:in invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/thread.rb:135:insynchronize’
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:in invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906:inrun’
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906:in `run’
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/bin/rake:7
/usr/bin/rake:18

This is slightly lost on me as I am a Ruby newbie, hopefully someone
will be able to tell me what is going on.

Thanks.

dougal.s wrote:

I’m currently trying to install the latest version of Ferret (0.10.9)
on my Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) system. I have tried the gem, but it does
not generate the ferret_ext.so file.

If nobody here can help you, the ferret list is here :
http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/5

Chris

If nobody here can help you, the ferret list is here :
http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/5

Chris

Thanks Chris, I’ll give that a look.

Dougal :o)