On Apr 4, 2011, at 12:11 PM, kadoudal wrote:

> Sorry guys , but I am trying to install the capybara gem on a Debian 5
> server , ( Ruby 1.9.2 , Rails 3.0.5) and I am getting in trouble with
> some dependencies ... I would like to chek if it's not related to
> ffi ..
> 
> I am getting this error ONLY when installing with Ruby 1.9.2 ( Rails
> 3.0.5) on a remote Debian5  server...
> I already installed it on this remote server w Ruby 1.8.7 (Rails
> 2.3.11) and previously on a Centos5 remote server and on my local Mac
> OSX)...
> 
> so my questions are :
> 1- is it linked to the server libraries ?
> 2- if yes, are the lib different for ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 and
> different for Debian 5 , Debian 6 ?
> 3- Is there any incompatibility to have these libraries on Debian5 and
> ruby 1.9.2 ?
> 
> thanks for your feedback, continuing googling around ....

It's impossible to help unless you provide the error messages you get during installation. Put them in a pastie/gist.

cr