I can't install iconv

Question

When I run gem install iconv, it fails as follows:

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing iconv:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /home/myname/local/rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4/ext/iconv
/home/myname/local/rbenv/versions/2.3.1/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20160802-38989-1ie1z24.rb extconf.rb
checking for rb_enc_get() in ruby/encoding.h... yes
checking for rb_sys_fail_str() in ruby.h... yes
checking for iconv() in iconv.h... no
checking for iconv() in -liconv... 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.

I don't know how to fix this. What should I do?

Which platform/distribution is this? You seem to be missing a package providing the iconv.h include file. — Lars Haugseth, Aug 02 '16 at 13:51
I fixed! The two option was needed. --with-iconv-include=/usr/local/include --with-iconv-lib=/usr/local/lib — , Aug 02 '16 at 13:57

Aleksei Matiushkin · Answer 1 · 2016-08-02T13:57:06.743

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If your host is running Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo aptitude install libc6-dev

if Fedora/Redhat:

sudo yum install libc6-devel

Then retry with gem install iconv. All credits go to @lars-haugseth.

edited Aug 02 '16 at 13:57

answered Aug 02 '16 at 13:50

Aleksei Matiushkin

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Doubt that's going to work: "libticonv-dev - Texas Instruments calculators charsets library [development files]" – Lars Haugseth Aug 02 '16 at 13:53
On Ubuntu 16.04 there is no `libiconv-dev` either. My iconv.h is provided by the `libc6-dev` package. – Lars Haugseth Aug 02 '16 at 13:55
Indeed. I must’ve needed some rest. Updated an answer accordingly. – Aleksei Matiushkin Aug 02 '16 at 13:58

I can't install iconv

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