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task-web install errors running updated debian wheezy
djp@tigger:~$ gem install taskwarrior-web
Fetching: rinku-1.7.2.gem (100%)
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions into the /var/lib/gems/1.9.1 directory.
djp@tigger:~$ sudo !!
sudo gem install taskwarrior-web
[sudo] password for djp:
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing taskwarrior-web:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 extconf.rb
/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot load such file -- mkmf (LoadError)
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from extconf.rb:1:in `<main>'
Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/rinku-1.7.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/rinku-1.7.2/ext/rinku/gem_make.out
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