indows XP SP2, Ruby 1.9.1: unable to install ruby-debug-ide

[Tomasz Romanowski]

On my Windows XP SP2 I got Ruby 1.9.1 I downloaded from
http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html.
Trying to install ruby-debug-ide but get and error. The plugin ends up
not being installed.


C:\temp\gems>gem install ruby-debug-ide
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug-ide:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

c:/programiki/ruby-win/bin/ruby.exe mkrf_conf.rb
Building native extensions. This could take a while...


Gem files will remain installed in
c:/programiki/ruby-win/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/ge
ms/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.9 for inspection.
Results logged to
c:/programiki/ruby-win/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-debug-ide
-0.4.9/ext/gem_make.out

 

[Luis Lavena]

On my Windows XP SP2 I got Ruby 1.9.1 I downloaded fromhttp://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html.
Trying to install ruby-debug-ide but get and error. The plugin ends up
not being installed.

C:\temp\gems>gem install ruby-debug-ide
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing ruby-debug-ide:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

c:/programiki/ruby-win/bin/ruby.exe mkrf_conf.rb
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...

You need a compiler, specifically: Visual C 6.0

A sane and non-biased suggestion: try RubyInstaller, the successor of
One-Click Ruby Installer:

http://rubyinstaller.org/

And also install the development kit (link available in the download
page), instructions here:

http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/development-kit

You can find answer to some questions in our FAQ page:

http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/faq

HTH,

 

[Tomasz Romanowski]

RubyInstaller rocks. I noticed it came with bundled rubygems. After
installing thry rubyinstaller and dev kti to the same directory, as
advised I did:
gem install ruby-debug19

and it build the native extension successfully.
Thanks a bunch
Tom