From: Quintus <sutniuq@...>
Date: 2011-03-23T22:58:20+09:00
Subject: Re: gem install thrift fails on windows

Am 23.03.2011 11:28, schrieb Saravanan Krishnan:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm trying to install thrift gem in my local windows machine. It throws
> the following error. I'm using ruby 1.8.7 version. Can any one help me?
> 
>> gem install thrift
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR:  Error installing thrift:
>         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> 
> C:/Ruby187/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
> checking for strlcpy() in string.h... no
> creating Makefile
> 
> make
> 'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> 
> Gem files will remain installed in
> C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thrift-0.6.0 for inspection.
> Results logged to
> C:/Ruby187/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thrift-0.6.0/ext/gem_make.out
> 

You're missing a C build environment. Install the RubyInstaller's
devkit: http://rubyinstaller.org/add-ons/devkit/

Vale,
Marvin