From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2009-04-23T03:34:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't install hpricot gem

On Apr 22, 2009, at 06:18, Ruby Student wrote:
> I, also, can't installed hpricot on Windows/XP, and I have the  
> latest Ruby installed:
> C:\>gem install hpricot
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing hpricot:
>        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> [...]
> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:362:in `try_do': The complier failed to
> generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
> You have to install development tools first.

Seems pretty clear to me.