# Installing Ferret **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 3, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033 "2010-07-03T02:29:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/1 "2010-07-03T02:29:41Z")
Hi, I try to install the ferret gem (in my windows 7), I got this : gem install ferret -v 0.11.6 --source [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing ferret: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. C:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb creating Makefile make ‘make’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Could someone help me please ? ---
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/2 "2010-07-03T04:03:11Z")
I’ve never used ferret, but a quick google search turned up this: [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse\_thread/thread/2def3b3133bb0ab](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/2def3b3133bb0ab) According to that thread you should try version 0.11.5 – Bob 2010/7/2 Mamadou Touré [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/3 "2010-07-03T05:49:11Z")
Bob N. wrote: > I’ve never used ferret, but a quick google search turned up this: > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse\_thread/thread/2def3b3133bb0ab](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/2def3b3133bb0ab) > > According to that thread you should try version 0.11.5 > > – Bob > > 2010/7/2 Mamadou Tour� [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): Hi Bob, I Tried 0.11.5 even 0.11.4, I trie also a win32 versions of both (as suggested by some people on google), but I’m still experiencing the same problem ---
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/4 "2010-07-03T07:57:46Z")
Mamadou Touré wrote: > Hi, > > I try to install the ferret gem (in my windows 7), I got this : > > gem install ferret -v 0.11.6 --source [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) > Building native extensions. This could take a while… > ERROR: Error installing ferret: > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > C:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb > creating Makefile > > make > ‘make’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > Could someone help me please ? Simple. You need make in order to compile the native extensions. Make is a standard \*nix tool, but I’m not sure about Windows versions of it (search the Web…). If you must use Windows for Rails development (which I do not recommend), you may want to install Cygwin. – Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Sent from my iPhone ---
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/5 "2010-07-04T14:56:02Z")
Markus Zywitza wrote: > Download and unzip the current devkit into your ruby directory. It > contains all necessary MinGW-tools for compiling native extensions. > > -Markus > > 2010/7/3 Marnen Laibow-Koser [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): Hi Markus, What devKit should I download ? do you have the link please ? ---
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/6 "2010-07-04T10:37:58Z")
Download and unzip the current devkit into your ruby directory. It contains all necessary MinGW-tools for compiling native extensions. -Markus 2010/7/3 Marnen Laibow-Koser [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/7 "2010-07-04T21:54:35Z")
> What devKit should I download ? do you have the link please ? [http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/66888/devkit-3.4.5r3-20091110.7z](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/66888/devkit-3.4.5r3-20091110.7z) ---
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/8 "2010-07-05T14:39:20Z")
Markus Zywitza wrote: > > What devKit should I download ? do you have the link please ? > > [http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/66888/devkit-3.4.5r3-20091110.7z](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/66888/devkit-3.4.5r3-20091110.7z) Thanks Markus, I’ll try it tonight and I’ll let you know. Regards ---
**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ferret/191033/9 "2010-07-06T01:12:46Z")
Mamadou Touré wrote: > Markus Zywitza wrote: > > > > What devKit should I download ? do you have the link please ? > > > > [http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/66888/devkit-3.4.5r3-20091110.7z](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/66888/devkit-3.4.5r3-20091110.7z) > > Thanks Markus, > > I’ll try it tonight and I’ll let you know. > > Regards 10000000000000000000 thanks Markus, it worksssssss. Now I have the ferret installed