How Do I Install A Ruby Gem With Native Extensions On Windows?

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How Do I Install A Ruby Gem With Native Extensions On Windows? One of the challenges many Ruby on Windows users have is how to easily use native RubyGems from the community such as the rdiscount or redcloth gems. Many Window users have seen this error: Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing bson_ext: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. ... For most gems this isn’t a problem because the extension author has provided a binary gem compatible with the users Ruby environment. In other cases, only the extension source code is available in the gem and the user is expected to have a “sane” environment installed and configured to build and use the native gem. A “sane” environment typically means a system with make , gcc , sh and similar *nix build tools installed. This expectation of a “sane” build environment is not always true for ...

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