# Updating GEMS using nmake

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-gems-using-nmake/124703>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 1, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-gems-using-nmake/124703 "2008-01-01T11:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![KLONQ](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@KLONQ](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KLONQ)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-gems-using-nmake/124703/1 "2008-01-01T11:04:17Z")

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I am trying to update the win32-api (standard) gem using Netbeans IDE.  
but I am getting an error from nmake.

```
 Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50
 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

   cl -nologo -I. -I. -IC:/www/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32 -I. -

```

MD -Zi -O2b2xg- -G6 -c -Tcwin32/api.c  
‘cl’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,  
operable program or batch file.  
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe’ : return  
code ‘0x1’  
Stop.

I have only just downloaded nmake in order to update and don’t know  
how to use it or what this operation is doing.

Does anybody have any pointers?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![KLONQ](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@KLONQ](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KLONQ)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-gems-using-nmake/124703/2 "2008-01-01T20:10:57Z")

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cl is the MS compiler for the C language. Normally, open source stuff  
provides a windows binary. I just ran into a similar situation with  
ruby-debug. The ruby-debug gem wants a specific version of the C  
compiler. Exactly version 1200, which should be 12.0, I think.

fredistic