gem install ruby-debug19 fails [duplicate] - ruby

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Debugging in ruby 1.9
I am unable to install ruby-debug19.
I tried to follow http://isitruby19.com/linecache19 BUT it didnot help me
I also followed the steps in Installing Gems without rvm, as root, with explicit version of ruby
that also didnt help
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> root#vm:/# ruby -v ruby
> 1.9.2p290 (2011-07-09 revision 32553) [i686-linux]
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> root#vm:/# gem -v
> 1.8.10
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> root#vm:~/# uname -a
> Linux vm 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 386 GNU/Linux
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root#vm:~# sudo gem install ruby-debug19
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug19:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/local/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for vm_core.h... no
checking for vm_core.h... no
*** 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/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
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:644:in `initialize': Connection timed out - connect(2) (Errno::ETIMEDOUT)
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:644:in `open'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:644:in `block in connect'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:44:in `timeout'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:89:in `timeout'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:644:in `connect'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:637:in `do_start'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:626:in `start'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1168:in `request'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby_core_source-0.1.5/lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb:239:in `block in read'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby_core_source-0.1.5/lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb:286:in `connect'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby_core_source-0.1.5/lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb:234:in `read'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby_core_source-0.1.5/lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb:128:in `download'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby_core_source-0.1.5/lib/ruby_core_source.rb:55:in `block in create_makefile_with_core'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.1/tempfile.rb:320:in `open'
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby_core_source-0.1.5/lib/ruby_core_source.rb:51:in `create_makefile_with_core'
from extconf.rb:19:in `<main>'
Requesting http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p290.tar.gz
Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/linecache19-0.5.12 for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/linecache19-0.5.12/ext/trace_nums/gem_make.out
Installing ruby-debug19 locally
I got the answer to the question from above link which worked
basically put all *.h *.c *.inc files into below folder
ruby -rmkmf -e 'puts Config::CONFIG["rubyhdrdir"] + "/" + "ruby-" + RUBY_VERSION.to_s + "-p" + RUBY_PATCHLEVEL.to_s'
But i am not happy with this soultion. If i ask a customer to install ruby i can hardly expect to sell this particular solution to the problem.
So is there a way to avoid this copying?
Can someone please help me.
Thanks
Su

Answer 1

You don't say what OS you are running, but I had a similar problem a while back with my OSX Lion install. The error was for a different gem, but the error was the same.
It turned out to be some sort of XCode version conflict. See my solution here.
If that doesn't help, then check out the mkmf.log file. It might contain clues to the answers you are looking for.