hurrah found it, details posted below in case anyone else encounters the same problem
ok, summarising from the top installed ruby 2.0.0 using installer from command prompt, > gem update --system downloaded appropriate devkit extracted devkit to c:\devkit from command prompt, devkit folder, ruby dk.rb init then ruby dk.rb install from command prompt, gem install watir from command prompt, gem install watir-webdriver at this point I came to the halt which I originally posted from command prompt, gem install watir-classic (my incorrect guess) from command prompt, gem install watir watir-classic (taken from the link you sent) next to check if it worked from command prompt, >irb DL is deprectaed, please use Fiddle irb(main):001:0>require "watir" LoadError: cannot load such file watir When I view my gem list again as before, from a command prompt gem lst my gem list appears as before, there is no watir gem listed, I'm assuming there should be a watir gem listed in my gem list? tried to install watir again and spotted an error message "Failed to build gem native extension" along with a handy link : nokogiri.org/tutorials/installing_nokogiri.html where I found another gem to try back to command prompt; gem install nokogiri and try watir again; gem install watir hurrah, both watir and watir-classic are now in my gem list, along with a few more from command prompt, >irb DL is deprectaed, please use Fiddle irb(main):001:0>require "watir" =>true result! thanks again for your input Željko -- -- 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] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
