paulasmuth/fnordmetric — Issue #3: Can't install on debian 5.0
Author: arctica
Created: 2011-12-27 16:21:27+00:00
State: open

I just tried installing the gem on a debian 5.0 machine.

```

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

/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb install fnordmetric
extconf.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)
from extconf.rb:1

Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/bson_ext-1.5.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/bson_ext-1.5.2/ext/cbson/gem_make.out
```
I'm not a Ruby user so you'll have to tell me how to get more meaningful information if needed.
I tried installing the gems mkmf-lite and mkmfmf but that didn't help.