# Installing win32-process

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-win32-process/77267>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 6, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-win32-process/77267 "2006-03-06T15:46:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![rtilley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rtilley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rtilley)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-win32-process/77267/1 "2006-03-06T15:46:21Z")

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Can this be installed with gem?

I don’t have a C compiler. According to the README in the  
win32-process-0.3.2 zip file, I need one to install. Why can’t I use gem  
to get it?

When I do ‘gem query --remote --name-matches win32’ I see these gems:

win32-clipboard  
win32-sapi  
win32-service  
win32-sound

But none of the other win32 packages.

I’m new to Ruby, perhaps I’m doing something wrong. Any tips?

Thanks,  
Brad

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**Author:** ![rtilley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rtilley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rtilley)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-win32-process/77267/2 "2006-03-06T16:19:59Z")

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rtilley wrote:

> Can this be installed with gem?
> 
> I don’t have a C compiler. According to the README in the  
> win32-process-0.3.2 zip file, I need one to install. Why can’t I use gem  
> to get it?

I think it’s installed. I used the one-click windows installer so it  
should be installed, right? I also found the win32Utils installer and  
ran that just to make sure. However, I don’t know how to use this  
functionality… all of this fails:

require ‘win32-process’  
require ‘win32porcess’  
include win32-process  
include win32process

Sorry for all of the posts, but info I find on Google is not helping.  
For example, this URL:

[http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/85/72/process.txt](http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/85/72/process.txt)

Shows this:

require “win32-process”  
include Win32

Yet, neither of these work. I see LoadErrors and NameErrors when I try  
doing that. Any ideas?

Thanks,  
Brad