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How to install uuid4r using homebrew, rvm and bundle

· Miguel Parramón · blogger

Tags: uuid4r

So, I just ran into the problem of installing the uuid4r gem while setting up my development environment for a Rails app. 

While running `bundle install`, I was getting this error:

Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /Users/miguel.parramon/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p392/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for uuid_export() in -luuid… no
*** 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.

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