ID3Lib 0.5.0 problems installing on FreeBSD

[lancecarlson]

Gems is not finding my id3.h file which is clearly inside of /usr/
local/include/id3.h. When I try to install I get the following
message:

sudo gem install id3lib-ruby

Password:
Need to update 2 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org
..
complete
Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-freebsd4)
1. id3lib-ruby 0.5.0 (ruby)
2. id3lib-ruby 0.5.0 (mswin32)
3. id3lib-ruby 0.4.1 (mswin32)
4. id3lib-ruby 0.4.1 (ruby)
5. Skip this gem
6. Cancel installation

1

Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

ruby extconf.rb install id3lib-ruby
checking for main() in -lstdc++... yes
checking for main() in -lz... yes
checking for id3.h... no
You must have id3lib installed in order to use id3lib-ruby.
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
details. You may need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/usr/local/bin/ruby18
--with-stdc++lib
--without-stdc++lib
--with-zlib
--without-zlib


Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/
id3lib-ruby-0.5.0 for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/id3lib-ruby-0.5.0/
ext/gem_make.out

I printed out the log and I get:
have_library: checking for main() in -lstdc++... --------------------
yes

"cc -o conftest -I. -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-freebsd4 -I. -g -O
-pipe -D$
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: /*top*/
2: int main() { return 0; }
3: int t() { void ((*volatile p)()); p = (void ((*)()))main; return
0; }
/* end */

--------------------

have_library: checking for main() in -lz... -------------------- yes

"cc -o conftest -I. -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-freebsd4 -I. -g -O
-pipe -D$
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: /*top*/
2: int main() { return 0; }
3: int t() { void ((*volatile p)()); p = (void ((*)()))main; return
0; }
/* end */

--------------------

have_header: checking for id3.h... -------------------- no

"cc -E -I. -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-freebsd4 -I. -g -O -pipe -
DISERVER $
conftest.c:1: id3.h: No such file or directory
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include <id3.h>
/* end */

 

[Felipe Contreras]

Hi,

Gems is not finding my id3.h file which is clearly inside of /usr/
local/include/id3.h. When I try to install I get the following
message:

You could try libmtag instead.
http://code.google.com/p/libmtag/

I created that project so if you have any problems I'll be glad to help you.

Cheers.

 

[Lance Carlson]

I will definately check it out. I was using mp3info before id3lib but
it was unreliable. ID3Lib produces the best results thusfar, but if
your library works better I would be glad to use this one over any
alternatives. I will let you know how it goes!

 

[Lance Carlson]

btw, i figured it out. My comments on this page should help anyone
that runs into this problem in the future:

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=7031&group_id=1384&atid=5449

I will definately check it out. I was using mp3info before id3lib but
it was unreliable. ID3Lib produces the best results thusfar, but if
your library works better I would be glad to use this one over any
alternatives. I will let you know how it goes!