Arch Linux

% gem install bson_ext
Fetching: bson_ext-1.5.2.gem (100%) [6/168]
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing bson_ext:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for asprintf()... *** 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.

Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/usr/bin/ruby
/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:381:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:461:in `try_link0'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:476:in `try_link'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:619:in `try_func'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:894:in `block in have_func'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:790:in `block in checking_for'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block in postpone'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `postpone'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:789:in `checking_for'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:893:in `have_func'
from extconf.rb:3:in `<main>'


Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bson_ext-1.5.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bson_ext-1.5.2/ext/cbson/gem_make.out



% pacman -Q
ack 1.96-1
acl 2.2.51-1
attr 2.4.46-1
bash 4.2.020-1
binutils 2.22-2
boost-libs 1.48.0-2
bzip2 1.0.6-3
ca-certificates 20111211-1
ca-certificates-java 20110912-1
coreutils 8.14-1
cracklib 2.8.18-2
cronie 1.4.8-1
cryptsetup 1.4.0-2
db 5.2.36-2
dbus-core 1.4.16-1
device-mapper 2.02.88-1
dhcpcd 5.2.12-4
diffutils 3.2-1
dnsutils 9.8.1-2
e2fsprogs 1.41.14-2
eventlog 0.2.12-3
expat 2.0.1-7
file 5.09-1
filesystem 2011.12-2
findutils 4.4.2-4
freetype2 2.4.8-1
gawk 4.0.0-2
gcc-libs 4.6.2-3
gdbm 1.10-1
gettext 0.18.1.1-4
glib2 2.30.2-1
glibc 2.14.1-4
gmp 5.0.2-3
gpm 1.20.6-7
grep 2.10-1
groff 1.21-2
gzip 1.4-4
heirloom-mailx 12.5-3
hicolor-icon-theme 0.12-1
iana-etc 2.30-2
icu 4.8.1.1-1
idnkit 1.0-2
inetutils 1.8-6
initscripts 2011.12.1-1
inputproto 2.0.2-1
iproute2 2.6.39-2
iptables 1.4.12.1-2
iputils 20101006-2
jfsutils 1.1.15-3
kbd 1.15.3-2
kbproto 1.0.5-1
keyutils 1.5.5-1
krb5 1.9.2-2
less 444-2
libarchive 2.8.5-2
libcap 2.22-2
libedit 20110802_3.0-1
libevent 2.0.16-1
libfetch 2.33-3
libffi 3.0.10-1
libgcrypt 1.5.0-1
libgpg-error 1.10-1
libgssglue 0.3-1
libice 1.0.7-1
libidn 1.22-1
libjpeg-turbo 1.1.1-4
libldap 2.4.28-1
libmysqlclient 5.5.19-1
libnl 1.1-3
libpcap 1.1.1-4
libpipeline 1.2.0-2
libpng 1.4.8-1
libsasl 2.1.23-8
libsm 1.2.0-1
libtirpc 0.2.2-2
libusb 1.0.8-2
libusb-compat 0.1.3-2
libx11 1.4.4-1
libxau 1.0.6-1
libxcb 1.7-2
libxdmcp 1.1.0-1
libxext 1.3.0-1
libxi 1.4.4-1
libxmu 1.1.0-1
libxrender 0.9.6-1
libxt 1.1.1-1
libxtst 1.2.0-1
libyaml 0.1.4-1
licenses 2.9-1
linux-api-headers 3.1.4-1
linux-firmware 20111101-1
logrotate 3.8.1-1
lvm2 2.02.88-1
man-db 2.6.0.2-3
man-pages 3.35-1
maven 3.0.3-2
mdadm 3.2.2-4
mkinitcpio 0.8.0-3
mkinitcpio-busybox 1.19.2-1
module-init-tools 3.16-3
mongodb 2.0.2-1
mtr 0.82-1
mysql 5.5.19-1
mysql-clients 5.5.19-1
nano 2.2.6-2
ncurses 5.9-2
netcfg 2.6.8-1
net-tools 1.60.20110819cvs-3
nspr 4.8.9-2
nss 3.13.1-1
ntp 4.2.6.p4-2
openjdk6 6.b22_1.10.4-1
openssh 5.9p1-5
openssl 1.0.0.e-1
pacman 3.5.4-4
pacman-mirrorlist 20111026-1
pam 1.1.5-1
pciutils 3.1.8-1
pcmciautils 018-1
pcre 8.21-1
perl 5.14.2-4
perl-file-next 1.06-1
popt 1.16-4
ppp 2.4.5-3
procps 3.2.8-4
psmisc 22.14-1
readline 6.2.002-1
recordproto 1.14.1-1
reiserfsprogs 3.6.21-4
renderproto 0.11.1-1
ruby 1.9.3_p0-2
run-parts 4.0.4-1
screen 4.0.3-12
sed 4.2.1-4
shadow 4.1.4.3-5
sqlite3 3.7.9-1
sudo 1.8.3.p1-1
sysfsutils 2.1.0-7
syslog-ng 3.3.3-1
sysvinit 2.88-3
tar 1.26-2
texinfo 4.13a-7
tmux 1.5-1
tzdata 2011n-1
udev 175-1
unzip 6.0-5
usbutils 004-1
util-linux 2.20.1-1
vim 7.3.353-2
vim-runtime 7.3.353-2
wget 1.13.4-1
which 2.20-5
whois 5.0.13-1
wpa_supplicant 0.7.3-4
xcb-proto 1.6-2
xdg-utils 1.1.0rc1-3
xextproto 7.2.0-1
xfsprogs 3.1.7-1
xorg-xset 1.2.2-1
xproto 7.0.22-1
xz 5.0.3-1
zlib 1.2.5-4
zsh 4.3.15-1