# Install act\_as\_ferret on win xp

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-act-as-ferret-on-win-xp/200294>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [December 8, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-act-as-ferret-on-win-xp/200294 "2010-12-08T17:34:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-act-as-ferret-on-win-xp/200294/1 "2010-12-08T17:34:49Z")

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Hi There!

Im trying to install act\_as ferret on win xp, with this  
environment:

winXP  
ruby : 1.8.7  
rails: 2.3.8  
gem list:

abstract (1.0.0)  
actionmailer (3.0.1, 2.3.8, 1.3.3)  
actionpack (3.0.1, 2.3.8, 2.3.2, 1.13.6, 1.13.3)  
actionwebservice (1.2.6, 1.2.3)  
activemodel (3.0.1)  
activerecord (3.0.1, 2.3.8, 2.3.2, 1.15.6, 1.15.3)  
activeresource (3.0.1, 2.3.8)  
activesupport (3.0.1, 2.3.8, 2.3.2, 1.4.4, 1.4.2)  
acts\_as\_indexed (0.6.5, 0.6.3)  
arel (1.0.1)  
authlogic (2.1.5)  
builder (2.1.2)  
bundler (1.0.3, 1.0.0.rc.6)  
capybara (0.3.9)  
configuration (1.1.0)  
cucumber (0.8.5)  
cucumber-rails (0.3.2)  
culerity (0.2.12, 0.2.10)  
database\_cleaner (0.5.2)  
datanoise-actionwebservice (2.3.2)  
diff-lcs (1.1.2)  
erubis (2.6.6)  
factory\_girl (1.3.2)  
ferret (0.11.5 mswin32)  
ffi (0.6.3 x86-mingw32)  
friendly\_id (3.0.6)  
gemcutter (0.6.1)  
geokit (1.5.0)  
gherkin (2.1.5 i386-mingw32)  
heroku (1.9.13)  
hobo (1.0.1)  
hobofields (1.0.1)  
hobosupport (1.0.1)  
hoe (2.6.1)  
i18n (0.4.2)  
json\_pure (1.4.6, 1.4.5)  
launchy (0.3.7)  
mail (2.2.9)  
mime-types (1.16)  
mysql (2.8.1 x86-mingw32)  
nokogiri (1.4.3.1 x86-mingw32)  
pg (0.9.0 x86-mingw32)  
polyglot (0.3.1)  
rack (1.2.1, 1.1.0)  
rack-mount (0.6.13)  
rack-test (0.5.4)  
rails (2.3.8, 1.2.3)  
railties (3.0.1)  
rake (0.8.7)  
refinerycms (0.9.7.12)  
refinerycms-news (0.9.8.3)  
refinerycms-portfolio (0.9.7)  
rest-client (1.6.0, 1.4.2)  
restfulx (1.3.0)  
rmagick (2.12.0 mswin32)  
rubigen (1.5.5)  
rubyforge (2.0.4)  
rubyist-aasm (2.1.1)  
rubyzip (0.9.4)  
selenium-webdriver (0.0.28, 0.0.27)  
sqlite3-ruby (1.3.2 x86-mingw32, 1.3.1 x86-mingw32)  
term-ansicolor (1.0.5)  
thor (0.14.3)  
treetop (1.4.8)  
trollop (1.16.2)  
tzinfo (0.3.23)  
will\_paginate (2.3.15)

I already follow the topic  
[Installing Ferret + acts\_as\_ferret on Windows Vista - Ferret - Ruby-Forum](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/153349#729201), but it is not working,  
when I try to install act\_as\_ferret gem, I get this error msg:

$ gem install acts\_as\_ferret  
Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
ERROR: Error installing acts\_as\_ferret:  
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

c:/Ruby187/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb  
creating Makefile

make  
make: \*\*\* No rule to make target `ruby.h', needed by `analysis.o’.  
Stop.

Gem files will remain installed in  
c:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/jk-ferret-0  
.11.8.2 for inspection.  
Results logged to  
c:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/jk-ferret-0.11.8.2/ext/gem\_m  
ake.out

Does anybody has a clue on how to get out this problem?

Thanks,

Pedro