# Can not install sqlite3-ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-not-install-sqlite3-ruby/151947>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 28, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-not-install-sqlite3-ruby/151947 "2008-10-28T10:30:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khaled\_mahmud\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ecccb3/32.png) [@Khaled\_mahmud\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Khaled_mahmud_K)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-not-install-sqlite3-ruby/151947/1 "2008-10-28T10:30:45Z")

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Hi Friends,

I could not setup sqlite3. When I type “gem install sqlite3-ruby  
–version 1.2.4” in the command prompt. The following problem is  
arising.

C:\>gem install sqlite3-ruby --version 1.2.4  
Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
ERROR: Error installing sqlite3-ruby:  
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

c:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install sqlite3-ruby  
checking for fdatasync() in rt.lib… no  
checking for sqlite3.h… no

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/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4 for inspection.  
Results logged to  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4/ext/sqlite3\_  
api/gem\_make.out

after that I went to that specific folder  
(“C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems”) and saw there is already a folder  
named “sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4” installed.

Please help me. I am very much interested to work with Ruby on Rails but  
I could not work with that because of that problem.

Thanks in advance.

Roni

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**Author:** ![Khaled\_mahmud\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ecccb3/32.png) [@Khaled\_mahmud\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Khaled_mahmud_K)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-not-install-sqlite3-ruby/151947/2 "2008-10-28T15:31:16Z")

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Khaled mahmud Khaled wrote:

> Hi Friends,
> 
> I could not setup sqlite3. When I type “gem install sqlite3-ruby  
> –version 1.2.4” in the command prompt. The following problem is  
> arising.

On Windows, I think you need 1.2.3 - so you should do:  
gem install sqlite3-ruby --version 1.2.3

That should get it working.

Cheers,  
Mohit.  
10/28/2008 | 10:29 PM.