The Ruby 1.9.1 installation works with firewatir on Ubuntu/linux however the windows installer is not yet completely done, this topic had been discussed on many other forums as well
Karim Rayani On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:37 PM, aidy lewis <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install Watir 1.6.5 on Ruby 1.9.1, but this is the > issue. I am encountering: > > E:\>gem install watir > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > ERROR: Error installing watir: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > E:/Ruby19/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb > checking for strncpy_s()... *** 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=E:/Ruby19/bin/ruby > E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:362:in `try_do': The complier failed to > generat > e an executable file. (RuntimeError) > You have to install development tools first. > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:415:in `try_link0' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:419:in `try_link' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:527:in `try_func' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:772:in `block in have_func' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:668:in `block in checking_for' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:274:in `block (2 levels) in > postpo > ne' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:248:in `open' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:274:in `block in postpone' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:248:in `open' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:270:in `postpone' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:667:in `checking_for' > from E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:771:in `have_func' > from extconf.rb:9:in `<main>' > > > Gem files will remain installed in > E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/win32-api- > 1.4.5 for inspection. > Results logged to > E:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/win32-api-1.4.5/ext/gem_mak > e.out > > > Any suggestions? > > Aidy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Watir General" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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
