Error installing debugger-linecache: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

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I am trying to bundle install but it is showing the above error or debugger..Please find the detailed error from the terminal

Installing debugger-linecache (1.1.1) with native extensions
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /usr/local/ruby/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for vm_core.h... no
checking for vm_core.h... no
Makefile creation failed
************************************************************************** 
No source for ruby-1.9.2-p0 provided with debugger-ruby_core_source gem.
**************************************************************************
*** 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.

Provided configuration options:
        --with-opt-dir
        --without-opt-dir
        --with-opt-include
        --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
        --with-opt-lib
        --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
        --with-make-prog
        --without-make-prog
        --srcdir=.
        --curdir
        --ruby=/usr/local/ruby/bin/ruby
        --with-ruby-dir
        --without-ruby-dir
        --with-ruby-include
        --without-ruby-include=${ruby-dir}/include
        --with-ruby-lib
        --without-ruby-lib=${ruby-dir}/lib


Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/debugger-linecache-1.1.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/local/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/debugger-linecache-1.1.1/ext/trace_nums/gem_make.out 

An error occured while installing debugger-linecache (1.1.1), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.1.1'` succeeds before bundling.

If i type ruby-v in the terminal I get ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [x86_64-linux]

If I do gem install debugger-linecache I still get the same error. How this can be solved. Please help??

I faced a similar kind of issue. Can you comment out gem debugger and then run bundle install, after it succeeds, uncomment and then run bundle install again. It should run fine — Manjunath Manoharan, Oct 28 '12 at 11:15
I tried it.. When I uncommented it, it succeeded. After that when I uncomment gem debugger and run bundle install again it is showing error as "Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /usr/local/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/debugger-linecache-1.1.2/.travis.yml An error occured while installing debugger-linecache (1.1.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.1.2'` succeeds before bundling. " — rubyist, Oct 28 '12 at 11:22
I gave sudo -i and then bundle install but still the same error result as above — rubyist, Oct 28 '12 at 11:23
gem 'ruby-debug19', :require => 'ruby-debug'. Put this instead of gem debugger — Manjunath Manoharan, Oct 28 '12 at 11:26
I tried that. But got the error as "Installing linecache19 (0.5.12) with native extensions Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension" — rubyist, Oct 28 '12 at 11:33
This is my Gemfile.:- source 'https://rubygems.org' gem 'rails', '3.2.0' gem 'sqlite3' gem 'json' gem 'devise' gem 'cancan' gem 'jquery-rails' # Gems used only for assets and not required # in production environments by default. group :assets do gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.2.3' gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1' gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3' end gem 'ruby-debug19', :require => 'ruby-debug' — rubyist, Oct 28 '12 at 11:34

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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I had a very similar error, but on ruby 1.9.3. Running:

gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.1.2' -- --with-ruby-include=$rvm_path/src/ruby-1.9.3-p286/

Got it working for me. Credit to this answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Nov 06 '12 at 09:13

Alex Ghiculescu

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For rbenv users: `gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.1.2' --with-ruby-include=~/.rbenv/sources/xxx/xxx` You may need to reinstall your ruby using `rbenv install x.x.x --keep` to keep a copy of the source locally. https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build#keeping-the-build-directory-after-installation – Jeffrey K May 06 '13 at 16:32
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For rbenv on mac os & zsh: gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.1.2' -- --with-ruby-include=~/.rbenv/sources/xxx/xxx – Valentin V Jul 20 '13 at 08:41

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 09:38

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I solved similiar problem (upgrading Ruby 1.9.3 to 2.0) with simple

bundle update debugger

which as a result installed gem version 1.6.0

answered Jun 25 '13 at 09:38

Mike Szyndel

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way better than accepted answer! this one is sustainable, will work long-term. – Mike Szyndel Oct 31 '13 at 20:52

Benjamin Crouzier · Answer 3 · 2013-07-30T21:23:24.160

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Same fix, a bit more up to date

# check ruby version with rvm info
gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.1.2' \
-- --with-ruby-include=$rvm_path/src/ruby-1.9.3-p448

edited Jul 30 '13 at 21:23

answered Apr 05 '13 at 15:49

Benjamin Crouzier

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 11 '13 at 06:52

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On Ubuntu 13.04 if that matters.

I had to: gem install debugger-ruby_core_source -v 1.1.2

then: gem install debugger

Then my bundle completed fine.

Thanks to this comment on the issue.

answered Oct 11 '13 at 06:52

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Error installing debugger-linecache: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

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