I was trying to install sqlite3 interface for ruby in my mac snow leopard 10.6.3. But i got the following error any suggestions ?

Question

for this command i got this error "sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby"
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing sqlite3-ruby:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.3.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.3.1/ext/sqlite3/gem_make.out
ruby -v 1.8.7
rails -v 3.0.1
gem -v 1.3.7
sqlite3 --version 3.6.12

Answer 1

If you have ports installed try:

port install sqlite

Or if you are using brew:

brew install sqlite

Does that fix it?