Stephen Ball

Posted on May 20, 2020 • Originally published at rakeroutes.com on Dec 1, 2019

Running bundle install on rails master

“Ok! Let’s check out this Rails 6 goodness”, I thought.

Clone rails/rails — easy
Look around the latest commits — a great way to see what’s been going on
bundle install :-(

Error 1: Failed to install libxml-ruby 3.10 gem

Installing libxml-ruby 3.1.0 with native extensions
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/libxml-ruby-3.1.0/ext/libxml
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/ruby -I /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/2.6.0 -r
./siteconf20191130-15096-mz0ci9.rb extconf.rb
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/ruby: warning: shebang line ending with \r may cause problems
checking for libxml/xmlversion.h in
/opt/include/libxml2,/opt/local/include/libxml2,/usr/local/include/libxml2,/usr/include/libxml2... 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=/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
    --with-xml2-config
    --without-xml2-config
    --with-xml2-dir
    --without-xml2-dir
    --with-xml2-include
    --without-xml2-include=${xml2-dir}/include
    --with-xml2-lib
    --without-xml2-lib=${xml2-dir}/lib
 extconf failure: need libxml2.

    Install the library or try one of the following options to extconf.rb:

      --with-xml2-config=/path/to/xml2-config
      --with-xml2-dir=/path/to/libxml2
      --with-xml2-lib=/path/to/libxml2/lib
      --with-xml2-include=/path/to/libxml2/include

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

  /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-18/2.6.0/libxml-ruby-3.1.0/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/libxml-ruby-3.1.0 for inspection.
Results logged to
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-18/2.6.0/libxml-ruby-3.1.0/gem_make.out

An error occurred while installing libxml-ruby (3.1.0), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install libxml-ruby -v '3.1.0' --source 'https://rubygems.org/'` succeeds before bundling.

In Gemfile:
  libxml-ruby

Ok this isn’t too weird. There must be some libxml library that I need to install first so the rubygem has the files it needs. And check it out: extconf failure: need libxml2

So let’s fix that!

$ brew install libxml2
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/libxml2-2.9.10.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/47/472ed1a73a91c49fd9f39bd8cc4a7472b09c691659b3b9305c9da42ed35e1475? __gda__ =exp=15
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring libxml2-2.9.10.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
libxml2 is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because macOS already provides this software and installing another version in
parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.

If you need to have libxml2 first in your PATH run:
  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

For compilers to find libxml2 you may need to set:
  export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib"
  export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/libxml2/include"

For pkg-config to find libxml2 you may need to set:
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib/pkgconfig"

==> Summary
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/libxml2/2.9.10: 280 files, 10.5MB

Great!

Fetching libxml-ruby 3.1.0
Installing libxml-ruby 3.1.0 with native extensions
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/libxml-ruby-3.1.0/ext/libxml
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/ruby -I /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/2.6.0 -r
./siteconf20191130-53906-d0hyry.rb extconf.rb
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/ruby: warning: shebang line ending with \r may cause problems
checking for libxml/xmlversion.h in
/opt/include/libxml2,/opt/local/include/libxml2,/usr/local/include/libxml2,/usr/include/libxml2... 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=/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
    --with-xml2-config
    --without-xml2-config
    --with-xml2-dir
    --without-xml2-dir
    --with-xml2-include
    --without-xml2-include=${xml2-dir}/include
    --with-xml2-lib
    --without-xml2-lib=${xml2-dir}/lib
 extconf failure: need libxml2.

    Install the library or try one of the following options to extconf.rb:

      --with-xml2-config=/path/to/xml2-config
      --with-xml2-dir=/path/to/libxml2
      --with-xml2-lib=/path/to/libxml2/lib
      --with-xml2-include=/path/to/libxml2/include

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

  /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-18/2.6.0/libxml-ruby-3.1.0/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/libxml-ruby-3.1.0 for inspection.
Results logged to
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-18/2.6.0/libxml-ruby-3.1.0/gem_make.out

An error occurred while installing libxml-ruby (3.1.0), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install libxml-ruby -v '3.1.0' --source 'https://rubygems.org/'` succeeds before bundling.

In Gemfile:
  libxml-ruby

Aww c’mon. I guess simply installing the library isn’t enough. I should actually read those homebrew install details.

If you need to have libxml2 first in your PATH run:
  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

For compilers to find libxml2 you may need to set:
  export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib"
  export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/libxml2/include"

For pkg-config to find libxml2 you may need to set:
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib/pkgconfig"

Ok, cool. Coooool. I guess I should set one of those flags.

$ gem install libxml-ruby -v '3.1.0' --source 'https://rubygems.org/' --with-xml-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2
ERROR: While executing gem ... (OptionParser::InvalidOption)
    invalid option: --with-xml-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2

Uh hm. I say I should set one of those flags.

gem install libxml-ruby -v '3.1.0' --source 'https://rubygems.org/' --with-xml-dir "/usr/local/opt/libxml2"
ERROR: While executing gem ... (OptionParser::InvalidOption)
    invalid option: --with-xml-dir

Uh.

$ gem install libxml-ruby -v '3.1.0' --source 'https://rubygems.org/' --with-xml-dir /usr/local/opt/libxml2
ERROR: While executing gem ... (OptionParser::InvalidOption)
    invalid option: --with-xml-dir

Ok. A quick DuckDuckGo and yeah, we need to separate our options with -- to indicate that we’re passing separate options.

$ gem install libxml-ruby -v '3.1.0' --source 'https://rubygems.org/' -- --with-xml-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2
Building native extensions with: '--with-xml-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2'
This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing libxml-ruby:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/libxml-ruby-3.1.0/ext/libxml
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/ruby -I /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/2.6.0 -r ./siteconf20191130-58777-73jhsk.rb extconf.rb --with-xml-dir\=/usr/local/opt/libxml2
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/ruby: warning: shebang line ending with \r may cause problems
checking for libxml/xmlversion.h in /opt/include/libxml2,/opt/local/include/libxml2,/usr/local/include/libxml2,/usr/include/libxml2... 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.

Well that’s not what I was hoping for.

I tried various combinations of paths and options but to no avail.

Web searches aren’t working to provide the details for this weird install option declaration. Time for my secret weapon: GitHub code searches!

Searching GitHub code for --with-xml2-dir

GitHub code search results for –with-xml2-dir

There we go! Someone’s already figured some magical declarations for me! Specifically manuelvanrijn with his nicely organized dotfiles repo containing a bundler config with the declarations I want.

--------
BUNDLE_BUILD__NOKOGIRI: "--with-xml2-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/include/libxml2"
BUNDLE_GEM__COC: "true"
BUNDLE_GEM__MIT: "true"
BUNDLE_GEM__TEST: "rspec"
BUNDLE_BUILD__EVENTMACHINE: "--with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"
BUNDLE_JOBS: "11"
BUNDLE_IGNORE_MESSAGES__CAPISTRANO-HARROW: "true"
BUNDLE_IGNORE_MESSAGES__CAPISTRANO: "true"
BUNDLE_BUILD__MYSQL: "--with-mysql-config=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql@5.7/5.7.25/bin/mysql_config --with-ldflags=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"
BUNDLE_BUILD__LIBXML-RUBY: "--with-xml2-config=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin/xml2-config --with-xml2-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2 --with-xml2-lib=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib --with-xml2-include=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/include"

Trying out that first approach with a .bundle/config and woo!

$ cat .bundle/config
BUNDLE_BUILD__LIBXML-RUBY: "--with-xml2-config=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin/xml2-config --with-xml2-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2 --with-xml2-lib=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib --with-xml2-include=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/include"

$ gem install libxml-ruby -v '3.1.0' --source 'https://rubygems.org/' -- --with-xml2-config=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin/xml2-config --with-xml2-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2 --with-xml2-lib=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib --with-xml2-include=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/include
Building native extensions with: '--with-xml2-config=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin/xml2-config --with-xml2-dir=/usr/local/opt/libxml2 --with-xml2-lib=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib --with-xml2-include=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/include'
This could take a while...
Successfully installed libxml-ruby-3.1.0

Error 2: Failed to install mysql gem

An error occurred while installing mysql2 (0.5.2), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install mysql2 -v '0.5.2' --source 'https://rubygems.org/'` succeeds before bundling.

In Gemfile:
  mysql2

So again we probably need some more header files to build a gem.

$ brew install mysql

$ gem install mysql2
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing mysql2:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/ext/mysql2
/Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/bin/ruby -I /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/2.6.0 -r ./siteconf20191130-87797-zmrpf5.rb extconf.rb
checking for rb_absint_size()... yes
checking for rb_absint_singlebit_p()... yes
checking for rb_wait_for_single_fd()... yes
----------
Using mysql_config at /usr/local/bin/mysql_config
----------
checking for mysql.h... yes
checking for errmsg.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_DISABLED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_PREFERRED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_REQUIRED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_VERIFY_CA in mysql.h... yes
checking for SSL_MODE_VERIFY_IDENTITY in mysql.h... yes
checking for MYSQL.net.vio in mysql.h... yes
checking for MYSQL.net.pvio in mysql.h... no
checking for MYSQL_ENABLE_CLEARTEXT_PLUGIN in mysql.h... yes
checking for SERVER_QUERY_NO_GOOD_INDEX_USED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SERVER_QUERY_NO_INDEX_USED in mysql.h... yes
checking for SERVER_QUERY_WAS_SLOW in mysql.h... yes
checking for MYSQL_OPTION_MULTI_STATEMENTS_ON in mysql.h... yes
checking for MYSQL_OPTION_MULTI_STATEMENTS_OFF in mysql.h... yes
checking for my_bool in mysql.h... no
----------
Don't know how to set rpath on your system, if MySQL libraries are not in path mysql2 may not load
----------
----------
Setting libpath to /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/8.0.18_1/lib
----------
creating Makefile

current directory: /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/ext/mysql2
make "DESTDIR=" clean

current directory: /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/ext/mysql2
make "DESTDIR="
compiling client.c
compiling infile.c
compiling mysql2_ext.c
compiling result.c
compiling statement.c
linking shared-object mysql2/mysql2.bundle
ld: library not found for -lssl
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [mysql2.bundle] Error 1

make failed, exit code 2

Gem files will remain installed in /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/mysql2-0.5.3 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/sdball/.rbenv/versions/2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-18/2.6.0/mysql2-0.5.3/gem_make.out

Yeah that’s not SUPER great!

Luckily Manuel is the best and also has a mysql declaration I can try.

BUNDLE_BUILD__MYSQL: "--with-mysql-config=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql@5.7/5.7.25/bin/mysql_config --with-ldflags=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib --with-cppflags=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"

But no, we still run into the key error:

ld: library not found for -lssl

This time a web search found a potential answer: DuckDuckGo web search for “ld: library not found for -lssl mysql gem” [

ld: library not found for -lssl while installing mysql2 gem

Let’s try out the suggested fix. MORE declarations to ensure that the mysql2 gem picks up /usr/local/lib/openssl.

$ gem install mysql2 -v '0.5.2' -- --with-cflags=\"-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include\" --with-ldflags=\"-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib\"
Building native extensions with: '--with-cflags="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include" --with-ldflags="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib"'
This could take a while...
Successfully installed mysql2-0.5.2
Parsing documentation for mysql2-0.5.2
Installing ri documentation for mysql2-0.5.2
Done installing documentation for mysql2 after 0 seconds
1 gem installed

So neat, let’s fix that bundler config. (And belatedly realize the original config was for mysql and not mysql2.)

BUNDLE_BUILD__MYSQL2: "--with-cflags=\"-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include\" --with-ldflags=\"-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib\""

But nooo! For whatever reason I simply could not get the bundler config to affect my gem install mysql2 outcome.

So ok fine. We can gem install and then bundler will see that the gem is already available.

$ gem install mysql2 -v '0.5.2' -- --with-cflags=\"-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include\" --with-ldflags=\"-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib\"

Then one very long bundle install later and:

Bundle complete! 67 Gemfile dependencies, 192 gems now installed.

Hooray!

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Running bundle install on rails master

Error 1: Failed to install libxml-ruby 3.10 gem

Error 2: Failed to install mysql gem

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