Can't Install Curb - Having problems with native extensions. - ruby

Question

I'm trying to install the curb gem on my Debian machine but I'm having a hard time building the gem with native extensions. I'm using RVM.
Just a list of things I'm using:
debian
bundler
rvm
ruby-1.9.2-p180
curb
I'm told I have to install the following packages and I've done so:
sudo apt-get install libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4-openssl-dev
When I go ahead and do as such:
gem install curb
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing curb:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for curl-config... yes
checking for curlinfo_redirect_time... * 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/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/bin/ruby
--with-curl-dir
--with-curl-include
--without-curl-include=${curl-dir}/include
--with-curl-lib
--without-curl-lib=${curl-dir}/lib
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:368:in try_do': The complier failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:446:intry_compile'
from extconf.rb:51:in block in have_constant'
from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:693:inblock in checking_for'
from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in block (2 levels) in postpone'
from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:inopen'
from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in block in postpone'
from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:inopen'
from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in postpone'
from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:692:inchecking_for'
from extconf.rb:43:in have_constant'
from extconf.rb:60:in'
I don't any way around this, any ideas?
Thanks buds.

Answer 1

On a Debian Squeeze, I've managed to install curb with libcurl4-openssl-dev installed before.
It may also work with libcurl4-gnutls-dev, but I've no tested.

Answer 2

You probably need to install curl-devel package.
yum install curl-devel

Answer 3

openssl used to work for me, but now libcurl4-gnutls-dev is all that works for me...