# Ferret installation **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 30, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-installation/192457 "2010-07-30T16:04:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aladrin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-installation/192457/1 "2010-07-30T16:04:44Z")
Hi guys, I’m very new to the RoR. So please be kind to me… I’m having problems with ferret installation in rubygems. I’m on: ruby 1.9.1p429 (2010-07-02 revision 28523) [i386-mingw32] Rails 2.3.8 and i’m running windows 7 x64 When i enter ‘gem install ferret --version 0.11.6’, it returns this error: Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing ./ferret-0.11.6.gem: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. C:/Ruby191/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb creating Makefile make gcc -I. -IC:/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1/i386-mingw32 -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1 .9.1/ruby/backward -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-paren theses -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -o analysis.o -c analysis.c gcc -I. -IC:/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1/i386-mingw32 -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1 .9.1/ruby/backward -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-paren theses -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -o api.o -c api.c gcc -I. -IC:/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1/i386-mingw32 -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1 .9.1/ruby/backward -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-paren theses -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -o array.o -c array.c gcc -I. -IC:/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1/i386-mingw32 -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1 .9.1/ruby/backward -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-paren theses -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -o bitvector.o -c bitvector.c gcc -I. -IC:/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1/i386-mingw32 -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1 .9.1/ruby/backward -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-paren theses -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -o compound\_io.o -c compound\_io.c gcc -I. -IC:/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1/i386-mingw32 -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1 .9.1/ruby/backward -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-paren theses -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -o document.o -c document.c gcc -I. -IC:/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1/i386-mingw32 -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1 .9.1/ruby/backward -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-paren theses -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -o except.o -c except.c gcc -I. -IC:/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1/i386-mingw32 -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1 .9.1/ruby/backward -I/C/Ruby191/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -O2 -g -Wall -Wno-paren theses -D\_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64 -o ferret.o -c ferret.c ferret.c: In function `rs2s': ferret.c:165: error: structure has no member named`ptr’ ferret.c:165: error: structure has no member named `ptr' ferret.c: In function`nstrdup’: ferret.c:172: error: structure has no member named `len' ferret.c: In function`frt\_field’: ferret.c:183: warning: return discards qualifiers from pointer target type ferret.c: In function `frt_term_to_s': ferret.c:297: error: structure has no member named`len’ ferret.c:297: error: structure has no member named `len’ make: \*\*\* [ferret.o] Error 1 Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ferret-0. 11.6 for inspection. Results logged to C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ferret-0.11.6/ext/gem\_make .out please help me out… I would very appreciate it Many thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aladrin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-installation/192457/2 "2010-07-30T16:23:32Z")
I suspect you’re trying to install a 32bit version on a 64bit machine… ---
**Author:** ![aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aladrin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-installation/192457/3 "2010-07-30T19:10:15Z")
Tom Ha wrote: > I suspect you’re trying to install a 32bit version on a 64bit machine… Any idea how to install 64bit version? i’m completely clueless ---
**Author:** ![aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aladrin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-installation/192457/4 "2010-07-30T22:56:09Z")
On 30 Jul 2010, at 19:10, William Calvin wrote: > > I suspect you’re trying to install a 32bit version on a 64bit > > machine… > > Any idea how to install 64bit version? i’m completely clueless Probably something like “(sudo) env ARCHFLAGS=”-arch x86\_64" gem install mysql" Best regards Peter De Berdt ---
**Author:** ![aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@aladrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aladrin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-installation/192457/5 "2010-08-01T00:11:46Z")
Peter De Berdt wrote: > On 30 Jul 2010, at 19:10, William Calvin wrote: > > > > I suspect you’re trying to install a 32bit version on a 64bit > > > machine… > > > > Any idea how to install 64bit version? i’m completely clueless > > Probably something like “(sudo) env ARCHFLAGS=”-arch x86\_64" gem > install mysql" > > Best regards > > Peter De Berdt Thanks mate.!! it works 🙂