Subject: Re: [sup-talk] utf8 support on Ubuntu Karmic

From: Ian Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:30:06 -0400

Hi Brian - I believe before installing the ncursesw gem, you need to install
libncurses-ruby (using aptitude).  You may also need libncursesw-dev; I've got
both of those installed on my machine, and I'm honestly not sure which one is
necessary.

Ian

Excerpts from Brian May's message of Sun Apr 11 19:08:28 -0400 2010:
> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying out sup, and rather like it. Unfortunately, it
> seems very easy
> to crash :-(
> 
> First things though, how do I get utf8 support working properly?
> 
> [Mon Apr 12 08:52:00 +1000 2010] No 'ncursesw' gem detected. Install
> it for wide character support.
> 
> How do I install this on a Ubuntu Karmic system?
> 
> I tried:
> 
> brian@aquitard:~/tree/sup$ sudo gem install ncursesw
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing ncursesw:
>     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> 
> /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb
> extconf.rb:23:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)
>     from extconf.rb:23
> 
> 
> Gem files will remain installed in
> /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ncursesw-1.2.4.1 for inspection.
> Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ncursesw-1.2.4.1/gem_make.out
> 
> 
> Thanks
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From: Rich Lane <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:15:37 -0400

> extconf.rb:23:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)

You need ruby-dev for mkmf.
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From: Brian May <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:10:35 +1000

Hello,

Thanks for your response.

Unfortunately, on my system, I have both these packages installed :-(
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From: Brian May <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:08:28 +1000

Hello,

I tried:

Thanks

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From: Brian May <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:54:07 +1000

> it for wide character support.

For some reason I was certain I had resolved this issue. It looks like
it has come back again.

Am using Ubuntu Lucid.