# Indows XP SP2, Ruby 1.9.1: unable to install ruby-debug-ide **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 3, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/indows-xp-sp2-ruby-1-9-1-unable-to-install-ruby-debug-ide/189609 "2010-06-03T21:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techy\_bolek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@techy\_bolek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techy_bolek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/indows-xp-sp2-ruby-1-9-1-unable-to-install-ruby-debug-ide/189609/1 "2010-06-03T21:49:46Z")
On my Windows XP SP2 I got Ruby 1.9.1 I downloaded from [http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html](http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html). Trying to install ruby-debug-ide but get and error. The plugin ends up not being installed. C:\temp\gems\>gem install ruby-debug-ide Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing ruby-debug-ide: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. c:/programiki/ruby-win/bin/ruby.exe mkrf\_conf.rb Building native extensions. This could take a while… Gem files will remain installed in c:/programiki/ruby-win/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/ge ms/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.9 for inspection. Results logged to c:/programiki/ruby-win/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-debug-ide -0.4.9/ext/gem\_make.out ---
**Author:** ![techy\_bolek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@techy\_bolek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techy_bolek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/indows-xp-sp2-ruby-1-9-1-unable-to-install-ruby-debug-ide/189609/2 "2010-06-03T22:26:38Z")
On Jun 3, 3:49 pm, Tomasz R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Building native extensions. This could take a while… You need a compiler, specifically: Visual C 6.0 A sane and non-biased suggestion: try RubyInstaller, the successor of One-Click Ruby Installer: > **[RubyInstaller for Windows](https://rubyinstaller.org/)** > > The easy way to install Ruby on Windows This is a self-contained Windows-based installer that includes the Ruby language, an execution environment, important... And also install the development kit (link available in the download page), instructions here: [http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/development-kit](http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/development-kit) You can find answer to some questions in our FAQ page: [http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/faq](http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/faq) HTH, ---
**Author:** ![techy\_bolek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@techy\_bolek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techy_bolek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/indows-xp-sp2-ruby-1-9-1-unable-to-install-ruby-debug-ide/189609/3 "2010-06-03T22:58:33Z")
RubyInstaller rocks. I noticed it came with bundled rubygems. After installing thry rubyinstaller and dev kti to the same directory, as advised I did: gem install ruby-debug19 and it build the native extension successfully. Thanks a bunch Tom Luis L. wrote: > On Jun 3, 3:49�pm, Tomasz R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Building native extensions. �This could take a while… > > You need a compiler, specifically: Visual C 6.0 > > A sane and non-biased suggestion: try RubyInstaller, the successor of > One-Click Ruby Installer: > > [http://rubyinstaller.org/](http://rubyinstaller.org/) > > And also install the development kit (link available in the download > page), instructions here: > > [http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/development-kit](http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/development-kit) > > You can find answer to some questions in our FAQ page: > > [http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/faq](http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/faq) > > HTH,