uninstalling ruby and starting fresh...
On Feb 9, 1:54 pm, Nathan Lane <nathamberl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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:
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> > 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
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> > > On Feb 9, 2010 11:59 AM, "Nathan Lane" <nathamberl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Sorry that washttp://rubyinstaller.org/
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> > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Nathan Lane <nathamberl...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
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