Unable to install on Ubuntu 12.10 about dowl HOT 4 CLOSED

Yes, Ruby is a pre-requisite as the code is written in Ruby.

The error "cannot load such file -- mkmf" is triggered if you don't have the Ruby dev package installed on your machine. Try running the following:

sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1-dev

Then run:

sudo gem install dowl

I've just tried it on my 12.10 box and it works fine so long as the ruby dev package is installed.

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I did this , but :

% dowl
/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in require': cannot load such file -- rdf/redland (LoadError) from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:inrequire'
from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/dowl-0.2/bin/dowl:5:in <top (required)>' from /usr/local/bin/dowl:23:inload'
from /usr/local/bin/dowl:23:in `

Although I did before :
sudo apt-get install librdf-ruby

I suggest adding a pre-requisite paragraph in README.
But reassure me : being a ruby developer is not a pre-requisite ?

2013/3/11 Leigh Dodds [email protected]

Yes, Ruby is a pre-requisite as the code is written in Ruby.

The error "cannot load such file -- mkmf" is triggered if you don't have
the Ruby dev package installed on your machine. Try running the following:

sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1-dev

Then run:

sudo gem install dowl

I've just tried it on my 12.10 box and it works fine so long as the ruby
dev package is installed.

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OK, looks like I fixed a bug in the code but didn't re-release the gem. There's no longer any dependency on librdf..

I won't get time to re-release this until later today, as there are some other Ruby 1.9 issues to resolve in the Rakefile.

You shouldn't need to be a ruby developer to use this, although I should warn you that its a very basic utility. You might want to review other alternatives, e.g. OWLDoc or https://github.com/njh/phpspecgen

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I've fixed all the issues that I'm aware of and have released a new copy of the gem (0.5). This should now install properly.

I'll be using it myself later today so will push out any further fixes as I find them.

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