How to Compile Ruby ODBC for Ubuntu
- 1). Download the source code file from the ODBC Binding for Ruby website.
- 2). Right-click on the desktop and click on the "Open in Terminal" option.
- 3). Navigate to the directory where the ruby-odbc tar file is stored.
- 4). Type the following command to extract the contents of the file:
tar -xvzf ruby-odbc-<version>.tar.gz
Replace "<version>" with the version number of the file you downloaded. - 5). Type the following command to navigate into the newly extracted directory:
cd ruby-odbc-<version> - 6). Type the following command to configure the package:
ruby -Cext extconf.rb [--enable-dlopen|--disable-dlopen]
Choose either "--enable-dlopen" or "--disable-dlopen", depending on whether you want the software to know about the unixODBC/iODBC driver. - 7). Type the following three commands to install the software:
make -C ext
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make -C ext install
