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collect2 missing error install

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### collect2 missing error install

Hello,

I try to install colorls but i get the error :

```bash

> gem install colorls
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing colorls:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: /home/gauthier/.gem/gems/clocale-0.0.4/ext/clocale
/snap/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for locale.h... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may
need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-locale-dir
--without-locale-dir
--with-locale-include
--without-locale-include=${locale-dir}/include
--with-locale-lib
--without-locale-lib=${locale-dir}/lib
/var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:490:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.

from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:616:in `block in try_compile'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:565:in `with_werror'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:616:in `try_compile'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:1157:in `block in have_header'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:989:in `block in checking_for'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:354:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:324:in `open'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:354:in `block in postpone'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:324:in `open'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:350:in `postpone'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:988:in `checking_for'
from /var/lib/snapd/snap/ruby/317/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:1156:in `have_header'
from extconf.rb:9:in `'

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

/home/gauthier/.gem/extensions/x86_64-linux/3.2.0/clocale-0.0.4/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /home/gauthier/.gem/gems/clocale-0.0.4 for inspection.
Results logged to /home/gauthier/.gem/extensions/x86_64-linux/3.2.0/clocale-0.0.4/gem_make.out

```
And when i go to the mkmf.log the error is : collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Any idea what collect2 is and how to solve this problem ?

Thanks,

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- Type of issue :
- [x] Installation
- [ ] Font-related
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Research direction

Start by reproducing `gem install colorls` and inspect the reported `mkmf.log`, especially the failure from `clocale` at `extconf.rb:9`. Determine which development tool or header is missing from the logged linker failure; done means the native extension builds and colorls installs successfully.

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Issue type
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