Package: ruby Version: 1:1.9.3.4 Severity: normal I'm a Debian testing user who is new to Ruby. I tried to install jekyll using the gem command, and received an error about mkmf that I found very confusing. I only figured out what the problem was by searching the web for answers until I realized I needed to install ruby-dev. The description of ruby-dev acknowledges that it is required to build many gems. I feel that a user experience like this is a hard sell for users of other operating systems.
I can think of three ways to fix this (not all of which may be feasible): - Split gem into its own package (if this is feasible), and make it depend on ruby-dev - Merge ruby-dev into ruby - Patch gem to offer to install ruby-dev when a user attempts to install a gem that requires mkmf -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (102, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_CA.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ruby depends on: ii ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.484-2 ruby recommends no packages. Versions of packages ruby suggests: pn ri <none> ii ruby-dev 1:1.9.3.4 -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (102, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_CA.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ruby depends on: ii ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.484-2 ruby recommends no packages. Versions of packages ruby suggests: pn ri <none> ii ruby-dev 1:1.9.3.4 -- no debconf information
