ncursesw-sup gem fail on Mac OS X: cannot find ncursesw library #134

gardner · 2013-08-20T19:29:07Z

gardner-MacBookPro:~ gardner$ gem install sup
Fetching: xapian-ruby-1.2.15.1.gem (100%)
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
Successfully installed xapian-ruby-1.2.15.1
Fetching: ncursesw-sup-1.3.1.3.gem (100%)
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing sup:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking for ncurses.h... yes
checking for wmove() in -lncursesw... no
checking for wmove() in -lpdcurses... 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/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/bin/ruby
    --with-ncurseswlib
    --without-ncurseswlib
    --with-pdcurseslib
    --without-pdcurseslib
extconf.rb:45:in `<main>': ncurses library not found (RuntimeError)


Gem files will remain installed in /Users/gardner/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p286/gems/ncursesw-sup-1.3.1.3 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/gardner/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p286/gems/ncursesw-sup-1.3.1.3/./gem_make.out

gardner · 2013-08-20T19:30:00Z

gem_make.out

/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking for ncurses.h... yes
checking for wmove() in -lncursesw... no
checking for wmove() in -lpdcurses... 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/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/bin/ruby
    --with-ncurseswlib
    --without-ncurseswlib
    --with-pdcurseslib
    --without-pdcurseslib
extconf.rb:45:in `<main>': ncurses library not found (RuntimeError)

gardner · 2013-08-20T19:30:22Z

mkmf.log

have_header: checking for unistd.h... -------------------- yes

"clang -o conftest -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.4.2 -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/include -fno-common -pipe -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security conftest.c  -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/lib -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/lib     -lruby.1.9.1  -lpthread -ldl -lobjc "
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: int main() {return 0;}
/* end */

"clang -E -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.4.2 -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/include -fno-common -pipe -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security  conftest.c -o conftest.i"
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: #include <unistd.h>
/* end */

--------------------

have_header: checking for locale.h... -------------------- yes

"clang -E -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.4.2 -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/include -fno-common -pipe -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security  conftest.c -o conftest.i"
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: #include <locale.h>
/* end */

--------------------

have_header: checking for ncurses.h... -------------------- yes

"clang -E -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.4.2 -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/include -fno-common -pipe -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security  conftest.c -o conftest.i"
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: #include <ncurses.h>
/* end */

--------------------

have_library: checking for wmove() in -lncursesw... -------------------- no

"clang -o conftest -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.4.2 -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/include -fno-common -pipe -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security conftest.c  -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/lib -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/lib     -lruby.1.9.1 -lncursesw  -lpthread -ldl -lobjc "
conftest.c:5:53: error: use of undeclared identifier 'wmove'
int t() { void ((*volatile p)()); p = (void ((*)()))wmove; return 0; }
                                                    ^
1 error generated.
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: /*top*/
4: int main() {return 0;}
5: int t() { void ((*volatile p)()); p = (void ((*)()))wmove; return 0; }
/* end */

"clang -o conftest -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.4.2 -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/include -fno-common -pipe -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security conftest.c  -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/lib -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/lib     -lruby.1.9.1 -lncursesw  -lpthread -ldl -lobjc "
conftest.c:5:11: warning: implicit declaration of function 'wmove' is invalid in C99 [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
int t() { wmove(); return 0; }
          ^
1 warning generated.
ld: library not found for -lncursesw
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: /*top*/
4: int main() {return 0;}
5: int t() { wmove(); return 0; }
/* end */

--------------------

have_library: checking for wmove() in -lpdcurses... -------------------- no

"clang -o conftest -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.4.2 -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/include -fno-common -pipe -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security conftest.c  -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/lib -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/lib     -lruby.1.9.1 -lpdcurses  -lpthread -ldl -lobjc "
conftest.c:5:53: error: use of undeclared identifier 'wmove'
int t() { void ((*volatile p)()); p = (void ((*)()))wmove; return 0; }
                                                    ^
1 error generated.
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: /*top*/
4: int main() {return 0;}
5: int t() { void ((*volatile p)()); p = (void ((*)()))wmove; return 0; }
/* end */

"clang -o conftest -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.4.2 -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/backward -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -I/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/include -fno-common -pipe -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security conftest.c  -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p286/lib -L. -L/Users/gardner/.rvm/usr/lib     -lruby.1.9.1 -lpdcurses  -lpthread -ldl -lobjc "
conftest.c:5:11: warning: implicit declaration of function 'wmove' is invalid in C99 [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
int t() { wmove(); return 0; }
          ^
1 warning generated.
ld: library not found for -lpdcurses
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: /*top*/
4: int main() {return 0;}
5: int t() { wmove(); return 0; }
/* end */

--------------------

gauteh · 2013-08-20T21:44:06Z

Hey, thanks for the extensive info..! some other users have had the same issue in #49. But we haven't found a solution yet.

What version of mac os x do you run? have you installed ncurses as in the mac os x wiki guide [0]?

[0] https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/wiki/Mac-OSX

gauteh · 2013-12-17T08:36:31Z

Closing, need more info.

philip-peterson · 2014-01-14T17:49:03Z

+1, please reopen.

Mac OS X 10.7.5

I have installed ncurses using the instructions linked above, however, when I gem install sup, it complains that 'pdcurses' isn't available, same as gardner. I can't seem to find pdcurses on my machine; is something supposed to install it automatically?

Edit: Even after sudo make install-ing pdcurses, I get:

checking for wmove() in -lncursesw... no
checking for wmove() in -lpdcurses... no

and the error given during the gem install is extconf.rb:48: ncurses library not found (RuntimeError). However, just compiling a regular old C file with clang test.c -lncurses, there is no error, so I would think that libncurses is installed correctly...

gauteh · 2014-01-15T08:01:25Z

Hi,

please try to use Ruby 1.9.3. What version of ncurses have you installed? (homebrew / macports)? Did you try the instructions here: #49 (comment).

Also check the troubleshooting section of the wiki page.

Regular ncurses is probably installed, but we require the wide-char version: ncursesw. This one will have to be installed manually and 'activated' so that the ncursesw gem can find it and not the old.

gauteh · 2014-01-17T08:41:39Z

Could you try to use GCC and not clang, also please post the output of mkmf.log which is created by extconf.rb when building the gem. You might want to check out the ncursesw-ruby[0] from the git repository and build it:

$ git clone https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/ncursesw-ruby.git
$ cd ncursesw-ruby.git
$ ruby extconf.rb # this creates the mkmf.log file.
$ make

or to package the gem and install it from the repository:

$ gem build ncursesw.gemspec
$ gem install ncursesw-1.4.3.gem # where 1.4.3 is the latest version released

[0] https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/ncursesw-ruby

cro · 2014-01-17T16:40:22Z

I was able to make this work with clang and MacPorts by doing port install nurses (this installs nurses 5.9) and then editing extconf.rb to add -L/opt/local/lib to the $CFLAGS line (e.g. $CFLAGS += " -g -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Waddress -L/opt/local/lib"). You get some warnings about the -L switch being ignored later in the process but it doesn't seem to make a difference. The only thing I'm not sure about is how to test if I am actually using the ncursesw support in sup. Most of my email work is done with English speakers so I don't see many wide characters.
This is Mac OS 10.9.1 (Mavericks).

gauteh · 2014-04-10T21:37:10Z

Closing. Please reopen if issue persists.

jfelchner · 2014-08-14T07:16:19Z

I just got this exact same error. Mavericks. Homebrew installed ncurses v5.9. Ruby 2.1.2.

gem install ncursesw fails with the initial message in this post.

jfelchner · 2014-08-14T07:18:25Z

Turns out a brew link --force ncurses was required.

korsmakolnikov · 2015-11-21T00:47:40Z

same issue on Maverics, ruby 2.2.2, and Ubuntu 15.10 both on ncurses and ncursesw

gauteh closed this as completed Dec 17, 2013

gauteh mentioned this issue Jan 15, 2014

Ruby greater than 1.9.3 at Mac OS X cannot find homebrew ncursesw library sup-heliotrope/ncursesw-ruby#17

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