# Not able to run gem install sqlite3-ruby (help needed)

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 22, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-able-to-run-gem-install-sqlite3-ruby-help-needed/132661 "2008-03-22T19:35:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![vijay](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/4bbf92/32.png) [@vijay](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vijay)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-able-to-run-gem-install-sqlite3-ruby-help-needed/132661/1 "2008-03-22T19:35:03Z")

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when i run gem install sqlite3-ruby i get the following error

C:\>gem install sqlite3-ruby  
Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-mswin32)

1. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.1 (mswin32)
2. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.1 (ruby)
3. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.0 (mswin32)
4. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.0 (ruby)
5. Skip this gem
6. Cancel installation

> 2  
> Building native extensions. This could take a while…  
> ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)  
> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

ruby extconf.rb install sqlite3-ruby  
checking for sqlite3.h… no

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

Gem files will remain installed in c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
sqlite3-ruby-1  
.2.1 for inspection.  
Results logged to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.1/  
ext/sqlite3\_  
api/gem\_make.out

Can anybody give me a solution

Thanks in Advance  
Vijay Kumar

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**Author:** ![vijay](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/4bbf92/32.png) [@vijay](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vijay)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-able-to-run-gem-install-sqlite3-ruby-help-needed/132661/2 "2008-03-22T20:31:49Z")

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Choose number 1 if you’re on windows (mswin32)

Note that if you update your rubygems it does this automatically now  
gem update --system

Vijay wrote:

> when i run gem install sqlite3-ruby i get the following error
> 
> C:\>gem install sqlite3-ruby  
> Select which gem to install for your platform (i386-mswin32)
> 
> 1. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.1 (mswin32)
> 2. sqlite3-ruby 1.2.1 (ruby)