My system is Windows Server 2008 SP2
Ruby and gem versions:
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C:\Windows\system32>ruby -v
ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32]
C:\Windows\system32>gem -v
1.3.5
When I try to install the ruby-postgres gem, here is what it says:
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C:\Windows\system32>gem install ruby-postgres
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing ruby-postgres:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
C:/Ruby19/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for main() in -lpq... *** 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-pgsql-dir
--without-pgsql-dir
--with-pgsql-include
--without-pgsql-include=${pgsql-dir}/include
--with-pgsql-lib
--without-pgsql-lib=${pgsql-dir}/lib
--with-pqlib
--without-pqlib
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:17:in `have_build_env'
from extconf.rb:26:in `<main>'
Gem files will remain installed in
C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-postg
res-0.7.1.2006.04.06 for inspection.
Results logged to
C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-postgres-0.7.1.2006.04
.06/gem_make.out
Any help very welcome.
Sébastien
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