The above mentioned gems were manually downloaded from Rubyforge.org On Oct 5, 4:58 pm, sam <[email protected]> wrote: > It did not help avoiding the domain name :-( > > I tried the below: > > Installed ruby 1.9.2 using rubyinstaller-1.9.2-p0.exe > > Then... > > C:\ InstallFiles>gem install win32-api-1.4.5-x86-mswin32-60.gem > C:\ InstallFiles>gem install windows-pr-1.0.8.gem > > This installed the below gems: > 1. windows-api-0.4.0 > 2. windows-pr-1.0.8 > > C:\InstallFiles >gem install win32-process-0.6.1.gem > C:\InstallFiles >gem install activesupport-2.2.3.gem > C:\InstallFiles >gem install watir-1.6.5.gem > > This installed the below gems: > 1. xml-simple-1.0.12 > 2. json_pure-1.4.6 > 3. rubyforge-2.0.4 > 4. hoe-2.6.2 > 5. s4t-utils-1.0.4 > 6. builder-2.1.2 > 7. user-choices-1.1.6.1 > 8. commonwatir-1.6.5 > 9. firewatir-1.6.5 > 10. nokogiri-1.4.3.1-x86-mingw32 > 11. watir-1.6.5 > > All installed successfully. But an error crops up moment I try to > create instance of IE as > > >require 'Watir' > >ie=Watir::IE.new > > The error says: > This application has failed to start becuase msvcrt-ruby18.dll was not > found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem > > I uninstalled ruby, deleted Ruby192 folder and freshly installed all > the abover components. This time with --platform=ruby option as > suggested on the stackoverflow.com but the error still persists. > > Please guide. > > On Oct 1, 7:03 pm, Charley Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You'll want to use Ruby 1.8.6 or 1.8.7. If you have true IE > > modal_dialogs (called in the source as showModalDialog, ask your devs > > if you use these) in your application then stick with 1.8.6, otherwise > > 1.8.7 seems to work for everything else. > > > You're close on the proxy settting, but skip the domain, this might help: > > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4418/how-do-i-update-ruby-gems-fro... > > > Charley Baker > > Lead Developer, Watir,http://watir.com > > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 6:46 AM, sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to install watir on a Windows XP PC. I could install ruby > > > and check gem version as: > > > > C:\>gem -v > > > 1.3.7 > > > > #Next I tried: > > > > C:\>gem update --system > > > > #I got the below response: > > > > Updating RubyGems > > >ERROR: http://rubygems.org/doesnot appear to be a repository > > >ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) > > > SocketError: getaddrinfo: No such host is known. (http:// > > > rubygems.org/yaml) > > > > #My Ruby version shown is: > > > > C:\>ruby -v > > > ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32] > > > > #Then I tried: > > > > C:\>gem update --system -phttp://proxy.companyserver.com:8080 > > > > #The response was: > > > > Updating RubyGems > > >ERROR: http://rubygems.org/doesnot appear to be a repository > > >ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) > > > bad response Proxy Authentication Required ( The ISA Server > > > requires authori > > > zation to fulfill the request. Access to the Web Proxy filter is > > > denied. ) 407 > > > (http://rubygems.org/yaml) > > > > #Then I tried: > > > C:\>gem update --system > > > -phttp://domain\user:[email protected]:8080 > > > > #The response was: > > > >ERROR: While executing gem ... (OptionParser::InvalidArgument) > > > invalid argument: > > > -phttp://domain\user:[email protected]:8080 > > > > #Normally I specify domain\username while loggin to the proxy for > > > internet. Is "\" a problem? > > > #My password has special character #. Is this any issue? > > > #I went through many posts on watirinstallationbut could not find > > > one that totally matches thiserror. Please guide. I am new to ruby/ > > > watir. > > > > -- > > > Before posting, please readhttp://watir.com/support. In short: search > > > before you ask, be nice. > > > > [email protected] > > >http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > > > [email protected] Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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