Trying to install Ruby Enterprise on a fresh RHEL5 64 bit box this morning and hit a few issues. Initially just the standard install requests for gcc, gcc-c++, readline-devel, openssl-devel and zlib-devel. They all installed fine, but, when I tried running the installer I got an error like this:

In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/algorithm:65,
from src/tcmalloc.cc:112:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/stl_algobase.h:64:28: error: bits/c++config.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/stl_algobase.h:69,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/algorithm:65,
from src/tcmalloc.cc:112:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/iosfwd:45:29: error: bits/c++locale.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/iosfwd:46:25: error: bits/c++io.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/memory:54,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/stl_tempbuf.h:64,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/stl_algo.h:66,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/algorithm:68,
from src/tcmalloc.cc:112:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/allocator.h:52:31: error: bits/c++allocator.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:45,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/string:52,
from src/base/commandlineflags.h:52,
from src/tcmalloc.cc:114:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/atomicity.h:38:30: error: bits/atomic_word.h: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/allocator.h:82: error: expected template-name before ‘<’ token
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/allocator.h:82: error: expected `{' before ‘<’ token
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/allocator.h:82: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘<’ token
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/stl_algo.h: In function ‘void std::random_shuffle(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator)’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/stl_algo.h:1906: error: ‘rand’ is not a member of ‘std’
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/atomicity.h: At global scope:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/atomicity.h:44: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘__exchange_and_add’
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/atomicity.h:48: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘...’ before ‘*’ token
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:150: error: ‘_Atomic_word’ does not name a type
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h: In member function ‘void std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::_Rep::_M_dispose(const _Alloc&)’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:232: error: ‘__exchange_and_add’ is not a member of ‘__gnu_cxx’
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h: In member function ‘typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::_M_check(typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type, const char*) const’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:306: error: there are no arguments to ‘__N’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of ‘__N’ must be available
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:306: error: (if you use ‘-fpermissive’, G++ will accept your code, but allowing the use of an undeclared name is deprecated)
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h: In member function ‘void std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::_M_check_length(typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type, typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type, const char*) const’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:314: error: there are no arguments to ‘__N’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of ‘__N’ must be available
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h: In member function ‘typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::const_reference std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::at(typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type) const’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:726: error: tnction ‘typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::const_reference std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::at(typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type) const’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:726: error: there are no arguments to ‘__N’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of ‘__N’ must be available
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h: In member function ‘typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::reference std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::at(typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type)’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.h:745: error: there are no arguments to ‘__N’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of ‘__N’ must be available
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.tcc: In static member function ‘static _CharT* std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::_S_construct(_InIterator, _InIterator, const _Alloc&, std::forward_iterator_tag)’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.tcc:145: error: there are no arguments to ‘__N’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of ‘__N’ must be available
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.tcc: In static member function ‘static typename std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::_Rep* std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::_Rep::_S_create(typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type, typename _Alloc::rebind<_CharT>::other::size_type, const _Alloc&)’:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_string.tcc:533: error: there are no arguments to ‘__N’ that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration

The fix was two steps, first a simple install of libstdc++-devel then follow the instructions to install tcmalloc which is required. Odd that on a 32 bit system it installed straight away.

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