Trix: Unable to build with /bin/setup

[divyenduz]

The /bin/setup command fails with the following error:

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

  /home/divyendu/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0-static/curses-1.0.2/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /home/divyendu/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/curses-1.0.2 for inspection.
Results logged to
/home/divyendu/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0-static/curses-1.0.2/gem_make.out

An error occurred while installing curses (1.0.2), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install curses -v '1.0.2'` succeeds before bundling.

Further, the log file has the following error, I have pasted it partially, let me know if I should paste the full log file:

*** 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 tried this with almost all versions of ruby ranging from 1.9.x to 2.3.x
I understand that the issue is with installation of curses gem.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Setup ruby using https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-with-rbenv-on-ubuntu-14-04 | I tried other ways as well, this is where I am at now.
2. Clone trix and run bin/setup

Details

• Trix version: master branch
• Browser name and version: NA
• Operating system: Ubuntu 14.04

[idabmat]

Looks like you are missing some libraries the gem needs to build with native extensions. For curses i think you could try
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

[javan]

Thanks @idabmat, that sounds right.

[divyenduz]

Thanks @idabmat

I was able to build trix post running sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev
Is there a way to make the gem installation throw a better error ?

I haven't worked much with ruby and the error message didn't help either.