From: Joel Pearson Date: 2013-08-02T19:45:11+09:00 Subject: Re: Beginners problem with database and datamapper You need the development kit installed. http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/ There's a guide which tells you which one you should use: Ruby 1.8.6 to 1.9.3: tdm-32-4.5.2 Ruby 2.0.0: mingw64-32-4.7.2 Ruby 2.0.0 x64 (64bits): mingw64-64-4.7.2 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.