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how do I install ruby-debug in ruby 1.9.3 / Rails 3.2.1


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Rails 3.1 and Ruby 1.9.3p125: ruby-debug19 still crashes with “Symbol not found: _ruby_threadptr_data_type”

I'm done with printing to the console -- I want to move up to the 20th century and start using a debugger!! But how do I install ruby-debug? The native compilation of ruby-debug.c fails when I try to install the ruby-debug19 gem. I've looked over other SO postings and haven't found the answer yet...

  • I am using Ruby 1.9.3-p0
  • I am using Rails 3.2 (with Gemfile, of course)
  • I am NOT using RVM -- instead, I have a fully sandboxed directory containing all executables, gems, sources, etc. I refer to it as $SANDBOX below...

bundle install doesn't work

If I add ruby-debug19 to my Gemfile and do bundle install, it fails during build with conflicting types for 'rb_iseq_compile_with_option':

# file: Gemfile
...
group :development do
  gem 'ruby-debug19'
end
...

% bundle install
...
Installing ruby-debug-base19 (0.11.25) with native extensions 
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
        /Users/r/Developer/Topaz/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb 
...
ruby_debug.c:29: error: conflicting types for 'rb_iseq_compile_with_option'
$SANDBOX/usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby-1.9.3-p0/vm_core.h:505: error: previous declaration of 'rb_iseq_compile_with_option' was here
...
make: *** [ruby_debug.o] Error 1

gem install ruby-debug from the command line doesn't work

If I try building the gem from the command line, using the --with-ruby-include argument pointing at the include directory for the current ruby, I get the same error:

% gem install ruby-debug19 -- --with-ruby-include=$SANDBOX/packages/ruby-1.9.3-p0
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing ruby-debug19:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        $SANDBOX/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb --with-ruby-include=$SANDBOX/packages/ruby-1.9.3-p0/include
checking for rb_method_entry_t.body in method.h... no
checking for vm_core.h... yes
checking for iseq.h... yes
checking for insns.inc... yes
checking for insns_info.inc... yes
checking for eval_intern.h... yes
creating Makefile

make
compiling breakpoint.c
compiling ruby_debug.c
ruby_debug.c:29: error: conflicting types for 'rb_iseq_compile_with_option'
$SANDBOX/usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby-1.9.3-p0/vm_core.h:505: error: previous declaration of 'rb_iseq_compile_with_option' was here

what am I missing?

Is --with-ruby-include expecting something different? Is the current ruby-debug19 broken?


Solution

  • Thanks to @Marc Talbot's comment in the OP, I found a working recipe.

    download linecache19 and ruby-debug-base19 from RubyForge:

    % curl -OL http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75414/linecache19-0.5.13.gem
    % curl -OL http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75415/ruby-debug-base19-0.11.26.gem
    

    compile the two gems

    % gem install linecache19-0.5.13.gem
    Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
    Successfully installed linecache19-0.5.13
    1 gem installed
    ...
    % gem install ruby-debug-base19-0.11.26.gem -- --with-ruby-include=$SANDBOX/packages/ruby-1.9.3-p0
    Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
    Successfully installed ruby-debug-base19-0.11.26
    1 gem installed
    ...
    

    update your Gemfile

    # file: Gemfile
    ...
    group :development do
      gem 'linecache19', '0.5.13'
      gem 'ruby-debug-base19', '0.11.26'
      gem 'ruby-debug19', :require => 'ruby-debug'
    end
    

    bundle install and test the debugger

    % bundle install
    Fetching source index for http://rubygems.org/
    ...
    Your bundle is complete! Use `bundle show [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.
    % irb
    irb(main):001:0> require 'ruby-debug'
    => true
    irb(main):002:0> debugger
    $SANDBOX/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/context.rb:166
    @last_value = value
    (rdb:1) p 'hooray'
    "hooray"
    

    Hopefully this will help others.