extconf.rb:1:in `require’: no such file to load
by Lennart on Jan.09, 2009, under Uncategorized
When a gem installation fails with something like “extconf.rb:1:in `require’: no such file to load” you are probably missing the ruby development packages.
On Ubuntu you can fix this by installing the ruby1.8-dev package. (sudo aptitude install ruby1.8-dev)


February 24th, 2009 on 2:16 am
thx, you saved my life