Error installing Ruby on Rails 4.0.0 - error compiling atomic_reference.c

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I am attempting to install Rails 4.0.0 as per the tutorial, but am getting the following error:

gez@akira:~$ gem install rails --version 4.0.0 --no-ri --no-rdoc
Fetching: i18n-0.6.4.gem (100%)
Successfully installed i18n-0.6.4
Fetching: multi_json-1.7.7.gem (100%)
Successfully installed multi_json-1.7.7
Fetching: tzinfo-0.3.37.gem (100%)
Successfully installed tzinfo-0.3.37
Fetching: atomic-1.1.10.gem (100%)
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing rails:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/home/gez/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/ruby extconf.rb
creating Makefile

make
compiling atomic_reference.c
linking shared-object atomic_reference.so

make install
/usr/bin/install -c -m 0755 atomic_reference.so /home/gez/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstut_rails_4_0/gems/atomic-1.1.10/lib/home/gez/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/x86_64-linux
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/home/gez/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstut_rails_4_0/gems/atomic-1.1.10/lib/home/gez/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/x86_64-linux': No such file or directory
make: *** [install-so] Error 1


Gem files will remain installed in /home/gez/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@railstut_rails_4_0/gems/atomic-1.1.10 for inspection.

It appears that two paths have become merged, but being new to Rails / Ruby I am unsure how to proceed. All previous steps appear to have completed successfully without errors.

My system is Linux Mint x86_64 (Debian based).

do you have build-essential installed? – Austin Lin Jun 28 '13 at 02:34 — Austin Lin, Jun 28 '13 at 02:34
Yes all installed and at the latest version – gezpage Jun 28 '13 at 09:01 — gezpage, Jun 28 '13 at 09:01

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '13 at 18:25

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It looks like Rails 4.0 needs RubyGems 2.0.3, so the command

gem update --system 2.0.3

should work. I've updated the tutorial accordingly.

answered Jul 01 '13 at 18:25

mhartl

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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Had pretty much the same problem, posted an answer to this question on how I finaly got it to install.

Basically :

gem update --system (updated me to 2.0.3)
gem update
gem install rails (without the version, 4.0.0 seems to be the default now)

Good luck

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Jun 30 '13 at 14:54

V.Coss

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '13 at 02:22

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I had this exact same problem today. I was able to fix it, but I'm not entirely sure what caused the problem initially, or even how I solved it.

What I do know is it finally worked after I updated ruby gems to the latest version, instead of getting version 2.0.0 as the tutorial suggests.

gem update

instead of

gem update --system 2.0.0

Try that and let me know if it helps.

answered Jun 28 '13 at 02:22

Travis Hairfield

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Thanks for the reply, when I run gem update I get a similar error but this time complaining about "Error installing json" although it does appear to complete. Same problem when trying to install rails though. – gezpage Jun 28 '13 at 09:11
My next suggestion it to install JRuby. During a quick glance of the rakefile for atomic-1.1.10, it shows that if JRuby is installed, the gem will install using a different (preferred) method. I would recommend installing it using home brew. – Travis Hairfield Jun 28 '13 at 22:13

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 30 '13 at 15:08

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if you are install ruby/rails through rvm, always run

rvm requirements

after you installed rvm, before you try install ruby and rails

answered Jun 30 '13 at 15:08

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 30 '13 at 15:29

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try

gem install rails --no-ri --no-rdoc

Without the version, it's going to install the latest version of rails, at this time rails 4.0.0. Why you don't have the documentation???

Also you could try this

answered Jun 30 '13 at 15:29

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Error installing Ruby on Rails 4.0.0 - error compiling atomic_reference.c

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