C:\ruby\bin>gem --version 0.9.4 C:\ruby\bin>gem install mongrel -y Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-mswin32) 1. mongrel 1.1.2 (ruby) 2. mongrel 1.1.2 (mswin32) 3. mongrel 1.1.1 (mswin32) 4. mongrel 1.1.1 (ruby) 5. mongrel 1.1.1 (jruby) 6. Skip this gem 7. Cancel installation > 1 Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-mswin32) 1. fastthread 1.0.1 (mswin32) 2. fastthread 1.0.1 (ruby) 3. Skip this gem 4. Cancel installation > 2 Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError) ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. ruby extconf.rb install mongrel -y creating Makefile nmake 'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Gem files will remain installed in C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fastthread-1.0.1 for inspection. Results logged to C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fastthread-1.0.1/ext/fastthread/gem_make.out C:\ruby\bin>ruby --version ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32] C:\ruby\bin>