From: Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
Date: 2008-08-28T22:34:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Beginner help: Problem installing sqlite3 on Windows XP

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On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Kasper Frederiksen <kasper@slashnet.dk>wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am new to Ruby, and i keep getting stuck in the same place getting
> started.
>
> I hope someone is able to help me. I am trying to install sqlite3 and
> have been following several tutorials, and it all looke very simple, but
> i keep running in to this problem.
>
> I have installed ruby and gem.
>
> C:\>ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
>
> C:\>gem --version
> 1.2.0
>
> I have placed sqlite3.dll, sqlite3.def, sqlite3.exe in my c:\ruby\bin
>
> I keep getting the following error:
>
>
> ---------
> C:\>gem install sqlite3-ruby
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing sqlite3-ruby:
>        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> c:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install sqlite3-ruby
> checking for fdatasync() in rt.lib... no
> checking for sqlite3.h... no
>
> nmake
> 'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
>
> Gem files will remain installed in
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1
> .2.4 for inspection.
> Results logged to
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4/ext/sqlite3_
> api/gem_make.out
>
> --------
>
>
> Does anyone have an idea what is wrong?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Kasper
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
try the sqlite3-ruby gem

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