No source for ruby-2.0.0-p451 provided with debugger-ruby_core_source gem

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I\'ve seen very similar problems in other SO questions (e.g. No source for ruby-1.9.2-p321 provided with debugger-ruby_core_source gem) as well as through a Google search, but n

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I ran into what I believe was the same problem while trying to install dubugger with ruby 2.0.0-p598.

The gem debugger-ruby_core_source is a dependency of debugger and provides header files for specific versions of ruby that seem to be used while installing debugger. Look in debugger-ruby_core_source/lib/debugger/ruby_core_source/ to see which versions are supported—the header files are not provided for all ruby versions. In my case, they were not provided for version 2.0.0-p598.

Looking at the README for debugger-ruby_core_source, there is a rake task for adding the required files for ruby versions.

From the command line within the gem's directory, I ran

$ rake add_source VERSION=2.0.0-p598 

When I ran this task the first time, I received an error and was required to install the archive-tar-minitar gem before running the rake task again.

After the rake task added the header files for my version, I was able to successfully install and run debugger.