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I am building a C extension that uses the Mac OSX Accelerate Framework. When I compile normal C code I include the header

#include <Accelerate/Accelerate.h>

and compile with 

llvm-gcc -framework Accelerate code.c -o code

The flag takes care of finding the right libraries. Can I do something similar for a ruby C extension? I assume I need to include the framework in extconf.rb but I don't know how.

Rojj
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    I _think_ you just need to add [`have_framework('Accelerate')`](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.3.1/libdoc/mkmf/rdoc/MakeMakefile.html#method-i-have_framework) to `extconf.rb` and it will set up the command to use the appropriate `-framework` switch. – matt May 05 '16 at 23:45
  • It works. If you add an answer I will accept it. Thanks – Rojj May 06 '16 at 13:33

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To use a framework in a Ruby extension, you need to use the have_framework method in your extconf.rb. This will add the appropriate command line options in the Makefile.

In your case you want:

have_framework('Accelerate')
matt
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