August 17, 2014 — kyle.huynh205
[SOLVED]ERROR: Error installing json:ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension in LinuxMint
When you try to install rails by thsi command : sudo gem install rail, then this error keep occurring:
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: Error installing rails:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 -r ./siteconf20140817-14563-5arwq8.rb extconf.rb
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require’: cannot load such file — mkmf (LoadError)
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require’
from extconf.rb:1:in `<main>’
extconf failed, exit code 1
Fixing this error by one simple command :
sudo apt-get install rubygems-integration
sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1-dev