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Asked: 2026-05-26T16:49:39+00:00

OSX Lion, Xcode 4.2, GCC 4.2 I get the following error installing bson_ext 1.4.1

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OSX Lion, Xcode 4.2, GCC 4.2

I get the following error installing bson_ext 1.4.1

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing bson_ext:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/Users/user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for asprintf()... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
details.  You may need configuration options.
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  1. Editorial Team

    I just ran into this. You should look in the mkmf.log file. Chances are, it’s looking for GCC in the wrong place. I had to:

    cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 i686-apple-darwin11-gcc-4.2.1

    And all was well.

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