From: Stephen Boisvert Date: 2008-08-29T02:25:52+09:00 Subject: Re: Beginner help: Problem installing sqlite3 on Windows XP This thread explains what is going on for you. I use the mswin32 version and have no problems on XP. Sound like you went with the ruby version and it borked on the compilation step because of missing tools. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/9d5c9ee6167dace4