Hi, Could someone please point me in the right direction, I need the
json gem for an apps I am working on, I’m new to RoR been working with
it for around 4 weeks now and have been given a requirements list for
the gems. When I try to install the json gem using “gem install json” I
am getting an error saying,
ERROR: Error installing json:
ERROR:Failed to build gem native extension.
C:/User…/…/./ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install on
creating Makefile
nmake
‘nmake’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
gem file will remain installed in C:/User…/…/…/gems/json-1.1.2 for
inspection.
results logged to
c:/User/…/…/…/gems/json-1.1.2/ext/parser/gem_make.out
I have manually installed the gem to but this hasn’t seem to help
Sorry if this is very basic but like i say im new to ROR so all help is
greatly appreciated
Thanks Christopher
On 4 Apr 2008, at 15:04, Chris S. wrote:
Building gems with native extensions is always a little interesting on
windows. It’s not my area of expertise at all, but you’ll going to
need a compiler (and the toolchain that comes with it), and that
compiler will need to match what ruby was built with, which usually
means visualc++ 6 (you can also build everything from scratch using
cygwin I believe). You may have more luck on the ruby talk list as
this is strictly a ruby problem
Fred
You may want to install CygWinX http://x.cygwin.com/ as it provides
all the tools needed to build native extensions for gems, including
nmake. Pay careful attention to the package options during
installation and be sure to select the development tools and
libraries.
Once CygWin was installed and running, I was able to download, build,
and install JSON on XP just by doing “gem install json”. Worked
perfectly on the first try…
On Apr 4, 10:04 am, Chris S. [email protected]
I had a nightmare with this one. The problem for me was that the .net
framework kept jumping in and answering the calls to ‘cl’ (issued by
nmake during the compile). Depending on your requirements there is a
pure-ruby implementation of the json 1.2 gem that might work. It’s
functionally equivalent just a little slower.
If you “feel the need for speed” you’ll need MS VC++ 6.0. I have not
tried what gbesch posted (Cygwin) but that looks like a great option
for the future.
On Apr 4, 10:04 am, Chris S. [email protected]