You'll need to "gem install hoe" before building watir-common. And then you'll need to install it, before installing Watir.
Bret Jeff Fry wrote: > Corrected below > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Jeff Fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > OK, I'm getting closer - I've checked out from 1 level up and so > now have watir-common. I just > > > I created a gem #this is what I meant to paste here: > C:\dev\watir>gem build watir.gemspec > Successfully built RubyGem > Name: watir > Version: 1.5.6 > File: watir-1.5.6.gem > > > ...and then tried the following: > > C:\dev\watir-common>rake gem > (in C:/dev/watir-common) > rake aborted! > no such file to load -- hoe > C:/dev/watir-common/rakefile:2 > (See full trace by running task with --trace) > > I tried the same thing in /watir, which succeeded... > > > C:\dev\watir>rake gem > (in C:/dev/watir) > mkdir -p pkg > Successfully built RubyGem > Name: watir > Version: 1.5.6 > File: watir-1.5.6.gem > mv watir-1.5.6.gem pkg/watir-1.5.6.gem > > ...but still doesn't get watir to build for me: > > > C:\dev\watir\pkg>gem install watir-1.5.6.gem --local > ERROR: Error installing watir-1.5.6.gem: > watir requires watir-common (>= 0) > > Bret or others, can you help me find the error of my ways? > > I'll be happy to get this onto the wiki in greater detail. > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Jeff Fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > From IRC: > > [23:02] <jfry> Hey there, have any of you built a gem > locally from the watir trunk? > [23:02] <jfry> I've done it successfully a long time back, I > think. > [23:02] <jfry> Just tried now and got: > [23:02] <jfry> ERROR: Error installing watir-1.5.6.gem: > [23:02] <jfry> watir requires watir-common (>= 0) > [23:02] <jfry> Does that mean anything to you? > [23:07] <pettichord> hi there > [23:08] <pettichord> you'll also need to build the > watir-common gem > [23:08] <pettichord> "rake gem" in the watir-common directory > > > I've searched for a directory called common or watir-common > and came up blank. I also tried: > C:\dev\watir>rake gem > ...Which created a pkg directory, containing > 10/13/2008 11:12 PM 254,464 watir-1.5.6.gem > > ...but clearly I'm missing something because both of the > following still fail for me: > > C:\dev\watir\pkg>gem install watir-1.5.6.gem > Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org/ > ERROR: Error installing watir-1.5.6.gem: > watir requires watir-common (>= 0) > > C:\dev\watir\pkg>gem install watir-1.5.6.gem --local > ERROR: Error installing watir-1.5.6.gem: > watir requires watir-common (>= 0) > > What am I missing? > > Thanks, > > -- > Jeff Fry > > http://testingjeff.wordpress.com > http://associationforsoftwaretesting.org > > > > > -- > Jeff Fry > > http://testingjeff.wordpress.com > http://associationforsoftwaretesting.org > > > > > -- > Jeff Fry > > http://testingjeff.wordpress.com > http://associationforsoftwaretesting.org > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
