# Installing ferret errors

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret-errors/146932>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [August 26, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret-errors/146932 "2008-08-26T22:08:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![blueshadow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@blueshadow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blueshadow)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret-errors/146932/1 "2008-08-26T22:08:04Z")

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After all day trying to install ferret this is the result:  
☹ ☹ ☹  
C:\Documents and Settings\Gogolj\>gem install ferret  
Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
ERROR: Error installing ferret:  
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

G:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install ferret  
creating Makefile

nmake  
‘nmake’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,  
operable program or batch file.

Gem files will remain installed in  
G:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.6  
for inspection.  
Results logged to  
G:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.6/ext/gem\_make.out

C:\Documents and Settings\Zoran\>gem install ferret  
Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
ERROR: Error installing ferret:  
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

G:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install ferret  
creating Makefile

nmake  
‘nmake’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,  
operable program or batch file.

Gem files will remain installed in  
G:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.6  
for inspection.  
Results logged to  
G:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.6/ext/gem\_make.out

please help

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**Author:** ![blueshadow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@blueshadow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blueshadow)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret-errors/146932/2 "2008-08-26T22:40:50Z")

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solved :  
gem install ferret --version 0.11.5

thanks