"do I need to install an earlier version of ruby?" roll back ruby? no. Install dev-kit yes!
http://rubyinstaller.org/add-ons/devkit/ I'd also recommend looking into PIK if you are on windows, it's a great way to manage ruby versions and have multiple versions installed. On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:30:17 AM UTC-7, Joe Fl wrote: > > Hi Željko, > > Thank you for helping..... > > I tried to install the gem but got the following error message: > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>cd .. > > C:\Documents and Settings>cd .. > > C:\>gem install ruby-debug > Fetching: columnize-0.3.6.gem (100%) > Fetching: rbx-require-relative-0.0.9.gem (100%) > Fetching: linecache-0.46.gem (100%) > Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit... > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > C:/Ruby193/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb > Can't handle 1.9.x yet > *** 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:/Ruby193/bin/ruby > > > Gem files will remain installed in > C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/linecache > -0.46 for inspection. > Results logged to > C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/linecache-0.46/ext/gem_mak > e.out > > C:\> > > > Do I need to rollback to an earlier version of Ruby? > > thank you, > Joe > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Željko Filipin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Joe Fl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in > >> `require': cannot load such file -- ruby-debug (LoadError) > > > > Looks like you so not have this gem installed: > > > > http://rubygems.org/gems/ruby-debug > > > > Željko > > -- > > watir.com/book - author > > > > -- > > 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]
