Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension ubuntu

Question

While running bundle install i am getting the following error in 'pg' gem i changed the gem as sqlite then too am getting same error. This is my error message.

Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 extconf.rb 
/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot load such file -- mkmf (LoadError)
    from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from extconf.rb:2:in `<main>'


Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/pg-0.16.0 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/pg-0.16.0/ext/gem_make.out

An error occurred while installing pg (0.16.0), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install pg -v '0.16.0'` succeeds before bundling.

I tried apt-get install libpg-dev gem install pg -v '0.16.0' nothing helps me

it should be a dev package missing, see [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7645918/require-no-such-file-to-load-mkmf-loaderror) or [this one](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12731904/rails-installation-failed-on-ubuntu-with-cannot-load-such-file-mkmf) — mdemolin, Aug 05 '13 at 17:12
Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13767725/unable-to-install-gem-failed-to-build-gem-native-extension-cannot-load-such — MrYoshiji, Aug 05 '13 at 18:15
possible duplicate of [Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15816331/geminstallerextensionbuilderror-error-failed-to-build-gem-native-extension) — Pavel S., Oct 06 '13 at 15:31

Vysakh Sreenivasan · Answer 1 · 2013-08-05T17:18:20.677

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You should have postgresql installed before you install pg gem.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/postgresql
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql libpq-dev

If your sqlite is not working, it looks like there are some packages you might have missed.

sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev build-essential bison openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev ncurses-dev

edited Aug 05 '13 at 17:18

answered Aug 05 '13 at 17:12

Vysakh Sreenivasan

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For sqlite, did you install the dependencies? I will update the answer with dependencies – Vysakh Sreenivasan Aug 05 '13 at 17:17
I am not sure about sqlite dependencies but for postgresql i installed everything and its working in command line. But i am unable to locate gem. – Prabhakaran Aug 05 '13 at 17:19
The dependencies I have given is not restricted to sqlite. It also includes packages other than sqlite. Try installing the packages I have given, it should work. – Vysakh Sreenivasan Aug 05 '13 at 17:21
Its throwing same error. I tried most of the Stackoverflow answers. – Prabhakaran Aug 05 '13 at 17:28
you tried this one `sudo aptitude install ruby1.9.1-dev` and then reinstalling the gems? – mdemolin Aug 05 '13 at 17:36
Here are the updated instructions on how to install postgress http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt – Thomas Clarkson Nov 27 '13 at 03:07
Installing those dependencies worked for me! Thanks! – connorbode Dec 21 '13 at 00:23

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '15 at 16:44

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On Ubuntu 14.04 (and possibly every other Debian 7 based distro) this problem is caused by the absence of the Ruby development package. Thus the fix is simply to install it:

sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1-dev

answered Jan 24 '15 at 16:44

Luís de Sousa

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`sudo yum install ruby-devel` for CentOS (solved my issue) – Denys Vitali Sep 17 '15 at 11:35

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 22 '13 at 13:35

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I have the same problem i solved it by installing it in ubuntu as normal user not as root user. I hope this may help you.

answered Aug 22 '13 at 13:35

chiyango

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 06 '13 at 02:58

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I solved it by follwing these steps

Uninstalled ruby completely using sudo apt-get purge ruby*
Then in removed curl sudo apt-get purge curl

Then i followed this link to install Ruby RVM and rails 4.0.0

Install Rails 4.0.0

answered Aug 06 '13 at 02:58

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 16 '13 at 17:36

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Install

http://postgresapp.com/

then

PATH="/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/MacOS/bin:$PATH"

then

bundle install

answered Nov 16 '13 at 17:36

sparkle

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 19:41

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Sometimes you need to update your Ruby library, run this code:

sudo gem update --system

answered Nov 26 '13 at 19:41

Mohammed Sawaie

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 02:27

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I had an issue with slightly different Ruby builds. The existing application's Gemfile.lock was created using ruby-1.9.3-p194 and my local ruby was ruby-1.9.3-p484. Switching to the proper ruby allowed for a successful bundle.

answered Feb 21 '14 at 02:27

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 03 '15 at 17:40

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I had the same problem with CentOS 6.5.

Created a new user
Added this users to the sudoers file /etc/sudoers
Install ruby-devel using yum -y install ruby-devel

answered Feb 03 '15 at 17:40

Ian Bryce

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 01:57

On Debian, the pg install was failing to build native extensions because postgres wasn't installed.

I installed the postgres dependencies with:

$ apt-get install postgresql postgresql-client libpq-dev

Then the pg gem built its dependencies just fine:

$ gem install pg -v '0.18.3'
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
Successfully installed pg-0.18.3
1 gem installed

Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension ubuntu

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