From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2008-08-21T12:52:48+09:00
Subject: Re: mechanize problem, cant require nor install

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:28:44AM +0900, Adam Akhtar wrote:
> Hi Im following the simple mechanize tutorial on
> http://ruby-doc.org/core/
> i fire up irb
> then type and see the following
> 
> 
> irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> require 'mechanize'
> LoadError: no such file to load -- mechanize
>         from
> C:/InstantRails_Ver2/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_re
> quire.rb:27:in `gem_original_require'
>         from
> C:/InstantRails_Ver2/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_re
> quire.rb:27:in `require'
>         from (irb):2
> irb(main):003:0>
> 
> so i tried to install it via rubygems but...
> 
> C:/InstantRails_Ver2/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install mechanize
> --remote
> checking for stdio.h... no
> *** extconf.rb failed ***
> Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
> necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
> details.  You may need configuration options.

Don't use extconf.rb to install gems.  You need to use the "gem" command
like so:

  $ gem install mechanize

Hope that helps!

-- 
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/