Compiling Ruby on MIPS

[Alec Dawson]

I am trying to compile Ruby 1.9.3-p374 on my MIPS router running dd-wrt+optware and get the following error message

address@hidden:/opt/ruby-1.9.3-p374# ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-install-doc --with-opt-dir=/opt/local/lib

checking build system type... tool/config.guess: unable to guess system type

This script, last modified 2009-11-20, has failed to recognize

the operating system you are using. It is advised that you

download the most up to date version of the config scripts from

  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD

and

  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD

If the version you run (tool/config.guess) is already up to date, please

send the following data and any information you think might be

pertinent to <address@hidden> in order to provide the needed

information to handle your system.

config.guess timestamp = 2009-11-20

uname -m = mips

uname -r = 2.6.24.111

uname -s = Linux

uname -v = #3271 Sat Apr 7 14:32:53 CEST 2012

/usr/bin/uname -p = 

/bin/uname -X     = 

hostinfo               = 

/bin/universe          = 

/usr/bin/arch -k       = 

/bin/arch              = 

/usr/bin/oslevel       = 

/usr/convex/getsysinfo = 

UNAME_MACHINE = mips

UNAME_RELEASE = 2.6.24.111

UNAME_SYSTEM  = Linux

UNAME_VERSION = #3271 Sat Apr 7 14:32:53 CEST 2012

configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one

address@hidden:/opt/ruby-1.9.3-p374# 

Alec Dawson 

860-944-8525

address@hidden