# Trouble installing Visual Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-visual-ruby/232685>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [October 22, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-visual-ruby/232685 "2014-10-22T11:58:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-installing-visual-ruby/232685/1 "2014-10-22T11:58:44Z")

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Hello,

I am behind a proxy, but using the SET HTTP\_PROXY command seems to work.  
System in Win 7 64 bit, I installed 32 bit ruby 1.9.3 as recommended.

So I was able to use  
gem install visualruby

but when I try  
vr

## I get this error:

E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:36:in  
`require': cannot load such file -- cairo.so (LoadError) from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:i n`require’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/cairo-1.12.9-x86-mingw32/lib/ca  
iro.rb:46:in `rescue in <top (required)>' from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/cairo-1.12.9-x86-mingw32/lib/ca iro.rb:42:in`\<top (required)\>’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:36:i  
n `require' from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:i n`require’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/glib2-2.2.2-x86-mingw32/lib/gli  
b2.rb:97:in `<top (required)>' from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:i n`require’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:36:i  
n `require' from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gtk2-2.2.2-x86-mingw32/lib/gtk2 /base.rb:12:in`\<top (required)\>’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:36:i  
n `require' from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:i n`require’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gtk2-2.2.2-x86-mingw32/lib/gtk2  
.rb:11:in `<top (required)>' from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:i n`require’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:36:i  
n `require' from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gtksourceview2-2.2.2-x86-mingw3 2/lib/gtksourceview2.rb:8:in`\<top (required)\>’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:36:i  
n `require' from E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:i n`require’  
from  
E:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/visualruby-1.0.16/vr:4:in `<top (required)>' from E:/Ruby193/bin/vr:23:in`load’  
from E:/Ruby193/bin/vr:23:in `’

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Thank you for any help!

Bye  
Richard