From: dave@...
Date: 2006-12-01T07:00:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't install win32-service on winxp

I'm having the same problem as Jeff. I tried your solution, and now
when I do a require "win32/service" it works, however, I need
win32-service in order to install mongrel, yet when trying to install
win32-service from gem I get the same error message Jeff got.

I'm a total ruby noob, so I'm not quite sure about the whole C compiler
- where to get one - what to do with it, why I would need that and how
that makes this error go away?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!




On Nov 29, 2:33 pm, "Daniel Berger" <djber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
> > I'm trying to setup Ruby and some gems on a clean WinXP SP2 box, and I
> > can't install win32-service:
>
> > c:\dev>gem install win32-service
> > Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>
> > ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
> >     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> > Gem files will remain installed in
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/win32-service-0.5.2 for inspection.You need a C compiler.  You have one installed, right?
>
> > Results logged to
> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/win32-service-0.5.2/gem_make.out
>
> > The gem_make.out file is actually just empty, so no help there.I think this is a bug in gems that I've been meaning to ask Chad about.
>  It happens on all platforms when a build fails afaict.
>
> > I've been able to install mongrel and win32-service on other windows
> > machines before, so it must be something about my environment, but I
> > can't figure out what.I think Luis Lavena built a gem that included a binary instead of
> forcing you to build, but I'll have to ask.
>
> In the meantime, if you don't have a compiler, you can grab the shared
> object from the RubyForge project page athttps://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/15016/service-0.5.2-vc6.so.
> Rename the file to just "service.so" and install it in
> C:\ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.8\i386-msvcrt\win32.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dan