is nmake.exe in your PATH? On Oct 20, 7:27 am, Manivannan Sivaprakasam <[email protected]> wrote: > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>gem install acts_as_ferret > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > ERROR: Error installing acts_as_ferret: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > c:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb > creating Makefile > > nmake > 'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > Gem files will remain installed in > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/jk-ferret-0.11 > .8.2 for inspection. > Results logged to > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/jk-ferret-0.11.8.2/ext/gem_make > .out > > i tried to install acts as ferret gem.. i already installed ferret > 0.11.5 mswin32.. but when i give gem install acts_as_ferret, i got the > above error.. eventhough i downloaded nmake.exe.. after that also i get > this error.. please somebody help me to install acts_as_ferret gem.. > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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