Here’s the error message [image] I’m running it on MacOS 15.3.2 (24D81), following the exact steps in Jekyll on macOS | Jekyll • Simple, blog-aware, static sites . Have searched for all the fixes on this forum/stackoverflow/github/reddit and none of them solve the issue

Try the solutions discussed in this GitHub issue ticket: eventmachine(1.2.7) installation issue on Intel mac with ruby 3.3.0 opened 11:40AM - 29 Aug 24 UTC (UTC) [image] SukeshKonjeti …

here’s the environment of my gem. fingers-crossed that someone could help me out [image]

that error I think happens when you don’t have the dev tools needed to build native extensions. I’m not a mac user so not sure how it works there, but on a pc there are 2 ways to install ruby, with and without the dev tools. If you install it without the devtools you get that error. Lots of people …

this thread has a note about needing xcode command tools which I think is your issue. [image] Installing Jekyll on Mac Help Correct, the version of ruby pre-installed with Sonoma even is a mere ruby 2.6.10. Hardly capable to run the latest Jekyll. As far as maintaining a…

thanks for the reply! the xcode command line doesn’t seem to be the key cause of the issue I do have them readily available [image]

if i do xcode-select --install as suggested by other threads, i’m told that it’s already installed [image]

then i would look into whether you have more than one ruby installed - it sort of looked like you did but I’m not positive. more than one ruby installation can cause issues if they are not managed by a ruby version manager. Maybe one has access to the tools and the other doesn’t?

[image] rdyar: more than one ruby [image] ashmaroli: Try the solutions discussed in this GitHub issue ticket: Thanks both. I tried to reinstall everything related to ruby and reinstalled xcode as per the discussion, and the error went away. Not sure which trick makes the material help. …

My theory is if Ruby is installed before the command line compiler tools are configured, and then you configure the command line tools, the only way to get Ruby to know about the compiler tools is to uninstall Ruby and reinstall. [image] Error with eventmachine Solution …

Cannot isntall jekyll: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

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rdyar March 29, 2025, 5:32pm 4

this thread has a note about needing xcode command tools which I think is your issue.

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