Hi I have been tying to install the followings gems in order to add code syntax highlighting to my application:
-Oniguruma -Ultraviolet -Harsh Unfortunately I have been running into the the following errors when running "gem install oniguruma ultraviolet" Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing oniguruma: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. C:/Ruby19/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb checking for main() in -lonig... *** 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:/Ruby19/bin/ruby --with-oniglib --without-oniglib C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:364:in `try_do': The complier failed to generat e an executable file. (RuntimeError) You have to install development tools first. from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:417:in `try_link0' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:421:in `try_link' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:529:in `try_func' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:725:in `block in have_library' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:670:in `block in checking_for' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `block (2 levels) in postpo ne' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:250:in `open' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `block in postpone' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:250:in `open' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:272:in `postpone' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:669:in `checking_for' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:720:in `have_library' from extconf.rb:2:in `<main>' Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ oniguruma- 1.1.0 for inspection. Results logged to C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/oniguruma-1.1.0/ ext/gem_mak e.out Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing ultraviolet: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. C:/Ruby19/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb checking for main() in -lonig... *** 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:/Ruby19/bin/ruby --with-oniglib --without-oniglib C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:364:in `try_do': The complier failed to generat e an executable file. (RuntimeError) You have to install development tools first. from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:417:in `try_link0' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:421:in `try_link' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:529:in `try_func' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:725:in `block in have_library' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:670:in `block in checking_for' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `block (2 levels) in postpo ne' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:250:in `open' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `block in postpone' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:250:in `open' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:272:in `postpone' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:669:in `checking_for' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:720:in `have_library' from extconf.rb:2:in `<main>' Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ oniguruma- 1.1.0 for inspection. Results logged to C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/oniguruma-1.1.0/ ext/gem_mak e.out I'm using windows 7 with ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32] actionmailer (2.3.5) actionpack (2.3.5) activerecord (2.3.5) activeresource (2.3.5) activesupport (2.3.5) mysql (2.8.1) rack (1.0.1) rails (2.3.5) rake (0.8.7) Any help that anyone can give me to resolve this issue is highly appreciated. Cheers! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.