From: cypher.dp@...
Date: 2007-06-25T03:03:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Error installing gem

Thanks for the answer.
I'll have a look for it.

Dominik



2007/6/23, Axel Etzold <AEtzold@gmx.de>:
> Hello Dominik,
>
> the error you get is due to the fact that the
> gem you are trying to install is building the software
> from source code.
> This is usually done in three steps -
>
> configure/make/make install ...
> but the Windows version of nmake is not installed on your computer.
> You can install a compiler, such as MinGW :
>
> http://www.mingw.org/
>
> on your system to do the compilation.
>
> This can be useful in many cases anyway...
> I haven't worked with specific backpropagation software, but
> if you want to use Ruby for scientific work, some general
> numerics software such as Ruby-GSL (http://rb-gsl.rubyforge.org/)
> which is included in the one-click installer for Windows
>
> http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167
>
> may be helpful.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Axel
>
>
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