Mongrel on Ruby 1.8.6 w/ patchlevel 279 (Win)

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Hi,
I can’t install Mongrel on Ruby 1.8.6 (patchlevel 279), using Windows
XP.
My environment:

C:\ruby18>gem environment
RubyGems Environment:

  • RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0
  • RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2008-07-17 patchlevel 279) [i386-mingw32]
  • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: c:/ruby18/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • RUBY EXECUTABLE: c:/ruby18/bin/ruby.exe
  • EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: c:/ruby18/bin
  • RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    • ruby
    • x86-mingw32
  • GEM PATHS:
    • c:/ruby18/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • GEM CONFIGURATION:
    • :update_sources => true
    • :verbose => true
    • :benchmark => false
    • :backtrace => false
    • :bulk_threshold => 1000
  • REMOTE SOURCES:

When I get Mongrel:

C:\ruby18>gem install mongrel -include-dependencies
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: Error installing mongrel:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

c:/ruby18/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install mongrel -include-dependencies
creating Makefile

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

Gem files will remain installed in
C:/ruby18/nclude-dependencies/gems/fastthread
-1.0.1 for inspection.
Results logged to
C:/ruby18/nclude-dependencies/gems/fastthread-1.0.1/ext/fastth
read/gem_make.out

Even dowloading an older version, i get the same error:
C:\ruby18>gem install mongrel -v’=1.1.4’

I made a ‘manual’ instalation
(Testing the new One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows | AkitaOnRails.com).
Any help is welcome.

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On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Mersus M. [email protected]
wrote:

  • RUBY EXECUTABLE: c:/ruby18/bin/ruby.exe
    • :backtrace => false

Results logged to
C:/ruby18/nclude-dependencies/gems/fastthread-1.0.1/ext/fastth
read/gem_make.out

Even dowloading an older version, i get the same error:
C:\ruby18>gem install mongrel -v’=1.1.4’

I made a ‘manual’ instalation
(Testing the new One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows | AkitaOnRails.com).
Any help is welcome.

Hey Mersus, thanks for trying the MinGW build of Ruby!

Right now 1.1.x releases of Mongrel are not compatible with MinGW
build, mostly becasue I forgot to backport the updated RUBY_PLATFORM
regexp from 1.2 branch

Also, you need the MinGW compiler around to be able to build the
native extension of both mongrel and fastthread (being the last one a
dependency of mongrel gem).

I’ll fix the RUBY_PLATFORM issues in 1.1 sourcecode.

Thanks for reporting this back.

Luis L.
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On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Luis L. [email protected]
wrote:

Also, you need the MinGW compiler around to be able to build the
native extension of both mongrel and fastthread (being the last one a
dependency of mongrel gem).

I’ll fix the RUBY_PLATFORM issues in 1.1 sourcecode.

Thanks for reporting this back.

Ok guys, I just fixed this issue and uploaded a signed gem for 1.1.5
x86-mingw32 platform.

Will take a while until it spread to rubyforge mirrors.

After that you will be able to do gem install mongrel and run your
rails application with mongrel_rails.

Regards,

Luis L.
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C:\ruby18>gem install mongrel -include-dependencies
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: Error installing mongrel:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

Yeah you’d need to install the devkit to be able to compile it [to force
compilation install it as gem install mongrel --platform ruby].

As a note when I do install the latest mongrel precompiled for mingw, I
get:

c:\roger\dev\test_rails_app>irb
irb(main):001:0> require ‘mongrel’
Gem::LoadError: Could not find RubyGem echoe (>= 0)

    from

c:/roger/dev/rubyinstaller_lavena/sandbox/ruby_mingw/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:578:in
report_activate_error' from c:/roger/dev/rubyinstaller_lavena/sandbox/ruby_mingw/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:134:inactivate’
from
c:/roger/dev/rubyinstaller_lavena/sandbox/ruby_mingw/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:158:in
activate' from c:/roger/dev/rubyinstaller_lavena/sandbox/ruby_mingw/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:ineach’
from
c:/roger/dev/rubyinstaller_lavena/sandbox/ruby_mingw/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in
activate' from c:/roger/dev/rubyinstaller_lavena/sandbox/ruby_mingw/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:inrequire’
from (irb):1

Thanks!
-=R

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On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Roger P. [email protected]
wrote:

get:

c:\roger\dev\test_rails_app>irb
irb(main):001:0> require ‘mongrel’
Gem::LoadError: Could not find RubyGem echoe (>= 0)

That’s new, I’m taking a look right now.

Thanks Roger to reporting it.

Luis L.
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