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copied!<p>I have compiled a library(GDAL) written in C/C++ with Ruby bindings. </p> <p>After a ran <code>make install</code> it was installed under </p> <pre><code>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-darwin10.6.0/ </code></pre> <p>There is a directory there called "gdal" with 4 files inside: gdal.so, gdalconst.so, ogr.so, osr.so</p> <p>What I want now is to use these libraries in my project. The problem is that when I try to referense these files</p> <blockquote> <p>require 'gdal/gdal'</p> </blockquote> <p>I get</p> <blockquote> <p>LoadError: no such file to load -- gdal/gdal from :29:in <code>require' from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in </code>require' from (irb):1 from /Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/bin/irb:16:in `'</p> </blockquote> <p>When I run <code>ruby -e 'puts $:'</code> I get following output:</p> <blockquote> <p>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1</p> <p>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-darwin10.6.0</p> <p>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/site_ruby</p> <p>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.9.1 </p> <p>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-darwin10.6.0</p> <p>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby</p> <p>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/1.9.1</p> <p>/Users/igor/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-darwin10.6.0</p> </blockquote> <p>Any ideas why it doesn't work for me?</p>

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