From: Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@...>
Date: 2010-10-26T07:35:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't get ruby serial port to work

On 10/25/2010 5:30 PM, Dd Dd wrote:
> I recently installed Ruby Version 1.9.2 on my PC.  I am trying to get
> the serial port to work.  On the command prompt, I typed "gem install
> ruby-serialport", but it didn't go through.  I attached the file of the
> whole response from the command prompt.  Here are the first few lines:
> 
> C:\Users\Deepak>gem install ruby-serialport
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing ruby-serialport:
>         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> 
> What could be the problem? Do I need to add a file to the library?
> Thanks.

You probably need to at least install the appropriate development kit
for your Ruby installation.  You can find what you need here:

http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/

-Jeremy