From: David Southwell <david@...2000.net>
Date: 2008-08-12T02:33:55+09:00
Subject: Re: gem native extension installer  failure on winxp pro 64 system

On Monday 11 August 2008 10:22:25 Roger Pack wrote:
> David Southwell wrote:
> > Here is the shell error:
> > C:\ ..........> gem update
> > Updating installed gems
> > Updating fxruby
> > Successfulyy installed fxruby-1.6.16-x86-mswin32-60
> > Updating haml
> > Successfully installed haml-2.0.2
> > Updating hpricot
> > Building Native extensions.  This could take a while...
> > ERROR: While executing gem.... (Gem::Installer::ExyensionBuildError)
> > ERROR: failed to build gem native extension
> >
> > Path was given to gem.make.out file which reads:
> >
> > C:/Program Files (x86)/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb update
> > 'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file.
> >
> > At first glance it seems the update script does not specify  path
> > correctly
> > specified for platform.
> > --------------------
> >
> > Does anyone know how to fix this?
> >
> > David
>
> Looks like with hpricot the latest version doesn't come with a
> pre-compiled binary.  So avoid that, or install VC6 or mingw + mingw
> ruby.  Maybe :)
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/162401#new
> -R

VC6 is installed. This seems to be a pathing error in the install script which 
is looking for C:\program  rather than C:\program files (86) which is the 
appropriate path on win 64. All other gems install fine- this problem only 
occurs with hpricot.

David