"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
> > --
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> >
> > --
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> > before you ask, be nice.
> >
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> > [email protected]
>
>

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