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Ray gem error
C:\Users\Spooner\RubymineProjects\spooner_ld_18>gem install ray
Fetching: ray-0.1.0.gem (100%)
Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing ray:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
c:/Ruby192/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for main() in -lgdi32... *** 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.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=c:/Ruby192/bin/ruby
--with-gdi32lib
--without-gdi32lib
c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:368:in `try_do': The complier failed to genera
te an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:435:in `try_link0'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:440:in `try_link'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:552:in `try_func'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:748:in `block in have_library'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:693:in `block in checking_for'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `block (2 levels) in postp
one'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `block in postpone'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:276:in `postpone'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:692:in `checking_for'
from c:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:743:in `have_library'
from extconf.rb:45:in `<main>'
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