Yeah I was wondering if that might be a problem. I have experienced the same
problem in the past. So I guess it did matter that I was using MSYS and
MinGW to install the gem.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Matt <thurman_m...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ok, I got past the first command and received an error on the 'gem
> install watir' command. Here is the output:
>
>
> #######################################################################################
>
> C:\Windows\system32>gem update --system
> Updating RubyGems
> Nothing to update
>
> C:\Windows\system32>gem install watir
> Building native extensions. This could take a while...
> ERROR: Error installing watir:
> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> C:/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=C:/Ruby19/bin/ruby
> C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:364:in `try_do': The complier failed
> to generat
> e an executable file. (RuntimeError)
> You have to install development tools first.
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:417:in `try_link0'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:421:in `try_link'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:529:in `try_func'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:774:in `block in
> have_func'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:670:in `block in
> checking_for'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `block (2 levels)
> in postpo
> ne'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:250:in `open'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `block in
> postpone'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:250:in `open'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:272:in `postpone'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:669:in `checking_for'
> from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:773:in `have_func'
> from extconf.rb:9:in `<main>'
>
>
> Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/
> win32-api-
> 1.4.5 for inspection.
> Results logged to C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/win32-api-1.4.5/
> ext/gem_mak
> e.out
>
>
> C:\Windows\system32>
>
>
> #######################################################################################
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 9, 1:28 pm, Alan Baird <aba...@bairdsnet.net> wrote:
> > See the faq on this ... you need to download rubygems separately (this
> > recently changed)...AB
> >
> > On Feb 9, 2010 11:59 AM, "Nathan Lane" <nathamberl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry that washttp://rubyinstaller.org/
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Nathan Lane <nathamberl...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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