Error installing debugger-linecache in Ruby 1.9.3 - ruby

Question

I need version 1.0.1 of debugger-linecache for a project, and I am facing the following error when trying to install.
trunk ☺ gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.0.1'
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing debugger-linecache:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/Users/jordanscales/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for vm_core.h... no
checking for vm_core.h... no
Makefile creation failed
**************************************************************************
No source for ruby-1.9.3-p194 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
--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=/Users/jordanscales/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/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 /Users/jordanscales/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/debugger-linecache-1.0.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/jordanscales/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/debugger-linecache-1.0.1/ext/trace_nums/gem_make.out
trunk ☺
Any help would be extremely appreciated, I have been searching but cannot find a working solution.

Answer 1

this may help you, it works for me
gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.1.2' -- --with-ruby-include=$rvm_path/src/ruby-1.9.3-p286/

Answer 2

This error means that the selected version of debugger does not support your current Ruby version. There are two solutions:
Update the debugger gem via bundle update debugger. New versions of debugger are backward-compatible with old Ruby versions, so this is the best way to fix it.
Downgrade your Ruby version.

Answer 3

Update/Install the gem debugger-ruby_core_source,
gem install debugger-ruby_core_source
it has been corrected here : https://github.com/cldwalker/debugger-ruby_core_source/pull/7

Answer 4

The problem was that I was using gemsets incorrectly. I knew not having permissions were an issue, as under RVM I shouldn't need sudo to install anything.
rvm gemset use global and then a bundle install did the trick.

Answer 5

From the below link:
https://github.com/cldwalker/debugger/issues/50
I have installed gem ruby-debug19 and problem solved for me as below:
$ bundle
... -> failed to build debugger-linecache
$ gem install ruby-debug19
$ bundle
... -> all is fine

Answer 6

In my case problem was not related to debugger-linecache directly. Either try upgrading debugger-ruby_core_source or downgrade Ruby by few patchlevels.
I've executed bundle update debugger-linecache. Although I had its newest version in Gemfile.lock, debugger-ruby_core_source has been upgraded to 1.1.5 and debugger-linecache has stopped complaining.

Answer 7

I installed debugger-ruby_core_source gem, based on perusing old answers here: https://github.com/cldwalker/debugger/issues/12

Answer 8

If you are using rvm, then make sure the path lead to ruby, in rvm its rubies folder
$rvm_path/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448
gem install debugger-linecache -v '1.1.2' -- --with-ruby-include=$rvm_path/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448

Answer 9

Your Gemfile.lock wasn't written with the same Ruby that you're trying to bundle against.
bundle update should work by making Bundler look at different versions.

Answer 10

manually build it. it works for me
https://gist.github.com/4060260