reboot

then try gem update --system
also that is a different error from before  got to love progress



On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Shlomit Gazit <[email protected]>wrote:

> That's what I did, but then trying to do gem install watir, I got the
> error.
>
> See below: now I am getting a different error:
>
> C:\devkit>dk.rb install
> [INFO] RubyGems override already in place for c:/Ruby, skipping.
> [WARN] DevKit helper library already exists for c:/Ruby, skipping.
>
> C:\devkit>gem install watir
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Zlib::BufError)
>     buffer error
>
> C:\devkit>gem install watir
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Zlib::BufError)
>     buffer error
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Oscar Rieken <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit
>>
>> you have to install devkit
>> in order to do that you have to download it and extract it
>> then go into that folder that you extracted devkit to thru the command
>> prompt
>> type dk.rb init in the command line
>> then type dk.rb install
>>
>> then you can install the gems
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Shlomit Gazit 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> After installing devkit, I am still getting an error installing watir:
>>> After I failed with the above installation, I downgrade ruby and watir
>>> but still failing with the same error:
>>>
>>> C:\devkit>gem install watir --no-ri --no-rdoc
>>> Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
>>> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>>> ERROR:  Error installing watir:
>>>         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>>>
>>> C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
>>> checking for ffi.h... no
>>> checking for #include <ffi.h>
>>> ... no
>>> checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... no
>>> checking for ruby_thread_has_gvl_p()... no
>>> checking for ruby_native_thread_p()... no
>>> checking for rb_thread_call_with_gvl()... no
>>> creating extconf.h
>>> 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/ffi-1.0.11 for
>>>  inspection.
>>> Results logged to
>>> C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ffi-1.0.11/ext/ffi_c/gem_make.o
>>> ut
>>>
>>> C:\devkit>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Shlomit Gazit <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I dont remember doing it in the past, is that a new step?
>>>>
>>>> Shlomit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Željko Filipin <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Did you install devkit?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/zeljkofilipin/watirbook/blob/master/installation/windows.md
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Željko
>>>>> --
>>>>> watir.com/book - author
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Shlomit Gazit <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>>>>>> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ruby -e 'require "watir";puts
>>>>>> Watir::IE:
>>>>>> :VERSION'
>>>>>> -e:1: warning: toplevel constant VERSION referenced by
>>>>>> Watir::IE::VERSION
>>>>>> 1.8.6
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>gem update watir
>>>>>> Updating installed gems
>>>>>> Updating commonwatir
>>>>>> Successfully installed commonwatir-2.0.4
>>>>>> Updating firewatir
>>>>>> Successfully installed firewatir-1.9.4
>>>>>> Updating watir
>>>>>> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>>>>>> ERROR:  Error installing watir:
>>>>>>         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
>>>>>> checking for ffi.h... no
>>>>>> checking for #include <ffi.h>
>>>>>> ... no
>>>>>> checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... no
>>>>>> checking for ruby_thread_has_gvl_p()... no
>>>>>> checking for ruby_native_thread_p()... no
>>>>>> checking for rb_thread_call_with_gvl()... no
>>>>>> creating extconf.h
>>>>>> 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/ffi-1.0.11 for
>>>>>>  inspection.
>>>>>> Results logged to
>>>>>> C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ffi-1.0.11/ext/ffi_c/gem_make.o
>>>>>>  ut
>>>>>> Gems updated: commonwatir, firewatir
>>>>>> Installing ri documentation for commonwatir-2.0.4...
>>>>>> Installing ri documentation for firewatir-1.9.4...
>>>>>> Installing RDoc documentation for commonwatir-2.0.4...
>>>>>> Installing RDoc documentation for firewatir-1.9.4...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ruby -e 'require "watir";puts
>>>>>> Watir::IE:
>>>>>> :VERSION'
>>>>>> -e:1: no such file to load -- watir/ie (LoadError)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ruby -e 'require "watir";puts
>>>>>> Watir::IE:
>>>>>> :VERSION'
>>>>>> -e:1: no such file to load -- watir/ie (LoadError)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>gem update --system
>>>>>> Updating RubyGems
>>>>>> Updating rubygems-update
>>>>>> ERROR:  Error installing rubygems-update:
>>>>>>         rubygems-update requires Ruby version >= 1.8.7.
>>>>>> Updating RubyGems to 1.3.7
>>>>>> Installing RubyGems 1.3.7
>>>>>> RubyGems 1.3.7 installed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> === 1.3.7 / 2010-05-13
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NOTE:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://rubygems.org is now the default source for downloading gems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You may have sources set via ~/.gemrc, so you should replace
>>>>>> http://gems.rubyforge.org with http://rubygems.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://gems.rubyforge.org will continue to work for the forseeable
>>>>>> future.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> New features:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * `gem` commands
>>>>>>   * `gem install` and `gem fetch` now report alternate platforms when
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>     matching one couldn't be found.
>>>>>>   * `gem contents` --prefix is now the default as specified in
>>>>>> --help.  Bug
>>>>>>     #27211 by Mamoru Tasaka.
>>>>>>   * `gem fetch` can fetch of old versions again.  Bug #27960 by Eric
>>>>>> Hankins.
>>>>>>   * `gem query` and friends output now lists platforms.  Bug #27856
>>>>>> by Greg
>>>>>>     Hazel.
>>>>>>   * `gem server` now allows specification of multiple gem dirs for
>>>>>>     documentation.  Bug #27573 by Yuki Sonoda.
>>>>>>   * `gem unpack` can unpack gems again.  Bug #27872 by Timothy Jones.
>>>>>>   * `gem unpack` now unpacks remote gems.
>>>>>>   * --user-install is no longer the default.  If you really liked it,
>>>>>> see
>>>>>>     Gem::ConfigFile to learn how to set it by default.  (This change
>>>>>> was made
>>>>>>     in 1.3.6)
>>>>>> * RubyGems now has platform support for IronRuby.  Patch #27951 by
>>>>>> Will Green.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bug fixes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Require rubygems/custom_require if --disable-gem was set.  Bug
>>>>>> #27700 by
>>>>>>   Roger Pack.
>>>>>> * RubyGems now protects against exceptions being raised by plugins.
>>>>>> * rubygems/builder now requires user_interaction.  Ruby Bug #1040 by
>>>>>> Phillip
>>>>>>   Toland.
>>>>>> * Gem::Dependency support #version_requirements= with a warning.  Fix
>>>>>> for old
>>>>>>   Rails versions.  Bug #27868 by Wei Jen Lu.
>>>>>> * Gem::PackageTask depends on the package dir like the other rake
>>>>>> package
>>>>>>   tasks so dependencies can be hooked up correctly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RubyGems installed the following executables:
>>>>>>         C:/Ruby/bin/gem
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RubyGems system software updated
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>gem install watir
>>>>>> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>>>>>> ERROR:  Error installing watir:
>>>>>>         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
>>>>>> checking for ffi.h... no
>>>>>> checking for #include <ffi.h>
>>>>>> ... no
>>>>>> checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... no
>>>>>> checking for ruby_thread_has_gvl_p()... no
>>>>>> checking for ruby_native_thread_p()... no
>>>>>> checking for rb_thread_call_with_gvl()... no
>>>>>> creating extconf.h
>>>>>> 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/ffi-1.0.11 for
>>>>>>  inspection.
>>>>>> Results logged to
>>>>>> C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ffi-1.0.11/ext/ffi_c/gem_make.o
>>>>>> ut
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ruby -e 'require "watir";puts
>>>>>> Watir::IE:
>>>>>> :VERSION'
>>>>>> -e:1: no such file to load -- watir/ie (LoadError)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>gem install mongrel --pre
>>>>>> Successfully installed gem_plugin-0.2.3
>>>>>> Successfully installed mongrel-1.2.0.pre2-x86-mswin32
>>>>>> 2 gems installed
>>>>>> Installing ri documentation for gem_plugin-0.2.3...
>>>>>> Installing ri documentation for mongrel-1.2.0.pre2-x86-mswin32...
>>>>>> Installing RDoc documentation for gem_plugin-0.2.3...
>>>>>> Installing RDoc documentation for mongrel-1.2.0.pre2-x86-mswin32...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>gem install watir
>>>>>> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>>>>>> ERROR:  Error installing watir:
>>>>>>         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
>>>>>> checking for ffi.h... no
>>>>>> checking for #include <ffi.h>
>>>>>> ... no
>>>>>> checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... no
>>>>>> checking for ruby_thread_has_gvl_p()... no
>>>>>> checking for ruby_native_thread_p()... no
>>>>>> checking for rb_thread_call_with_gvl()... no
>>>>>> creating extconf.h
>>>>>> 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/ffi-1.0.11 for
>>>>>>  inspection.
>>>>>> Results logged to
>>>>>> C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ffi-1.0.11/ext/ffi_c/gem_make.o
>>>>>> ut
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short:
>>>>>> search before you ask, be nice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  --
>>>>> Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short:
>>>>> search before you ask, be nice.
>>>>>
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> before you ask, be nice.
>>>
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>>>
>>
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>>
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>
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>
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