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'bcrypt' gem install Error

Jayden Bamberger asked in Rails
So, I was attempting to install the gem 'bcrypt' and I received the following error:
Installing bcrypt 3.1.11 with native extensions
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory:
/tmp/bundler20180227-14591-12ywl1kbcrypt-3.1.11/gems/bcrypt-3.1.11/ext/mri
/usr/bin/ruby2.3 -r ./siteconf20180227-14591-1t2kx3l.rb extconf.rb
mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /usr/lib/ruby/include/ruby.h

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in
/tmp/bundler20180227-14591-12ywl1kbcrypt-3.1.11/gems/bcrypt-3.1.11 for
inspection.
Results logged to
/tmp/bundler20180227-14591-12ywl1kbcrypt-3.1.11/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/bcrypt-3.1.11/gem_make.out

An error occurred while installing bcrypt (3.1.11), and Bundler cannot
continue.
Make sure that `gem install bcrypt -v '3.1.11'` succeeds before bundling.
 I've already tried looking it up countless times and many of the answers on other websites weren't working. So if anyone is able to help, please do.
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It looks like you are missing some development packages or dependencies.


sudo apt-get install ruby-dev
 

Are you on a mac? You may also need the command line tools. 

brew doctor can help in these situations.
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Thank you so much! @William Kennedy Your suggestion helped a lot. The gem installed and is now working. Thanks!
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Your welcome but I think it was you who did all the work. Glad it's working. 
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