From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2009-12-25T06:41:21+09:00
Subject: Re: bluecloth 2.0.5 installation error on Windows

On Dec 24, 5:57 pm, Harry Seldon <harry.seldo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using rubyinstaller-1.8.6-p383-rc1.exe .
>
> When I install bluecloth (gem install bluecloth), I get:
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing bluecloth:
>         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
> C:/Ruby1.8.6/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
> checking for srand()... no
> checking for srandom()... no
> checking for random()... no
> checking for rand()... no
> checking for strcasecmp()... no
> checking for stricmp()... no
> This extension requires either strcasecmp() or stricmp()
> *** 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.
>
> Using the binary gem from http://deveiate.org/code/bluecloth-2.0.5-x86-mingw32.gem
> leads to the same problem as the one described inhttp://www.deveiate.org/projects/BlueCloth/ticket/59.
> In the binary gem the file bluecloth_ext.so is missing. Does someone
> have it?
>

The gem is broken, I've responded to this before over RubyInstaller
group:

http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/59f3812381a195b5

That includes instruction and patch for the future.

--
Luis Lavena