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The Ruby DevKit is a toolkit that makes it easy to build and use native C/C++ extensions.

The RubyInstaller Development Kit is a toolkit that makes it easy to build and use native C/C++ extensions such as RDiscount and RedCloth for Ruby on Windows.

You can download the devkit from here

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therubyracer gem on windows

I've been peacefully developing on Windows without adding any gems for a few weeks now and today I decided to do a bundle update, but I cannot get through this gem called therubyracer. I have the devkit installed and it is working according to the…
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Can't get Ruby DevKit configuration file autogenerated properly

I've installed Ruby 2.0 with a Windows Ruby Installer, Unpacked DevKit (DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2-20130224-1432-sfx.exe) to Program Files and ran ruby dk.rb init but the generated config.yml file doesn't list my Ruby path. Its contents looks as…
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Invalid configuration or no Rubies listed?

When I try setting the Devkit path, I end up with the following error C:\Devkit>ruby dk.rb install Invalid configuration or no Rubies listed. Please fix 'config.yml' and rerun 'ruby dk.rb install' I cannot resolve this error. Can someone help…
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Ruby on rails devkit windows

I am having a problem in installing devkit of ruby on rails. Here's the error I got C:\DevKit>ruby dk.rb review Based upon the settings in the 'config.yml' file generated from running 'ruby dk.rb init' and any of your customizations, DevKit…
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ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension on Windows

I'm getting the below error while installing 'redcarpet' gem. It got installed without issue on my friends machine though. (I want to install this to run yard) Ruby version: 1.9.3 cmd output: D:\Learning\Common_POM_FW\SampleProjects>yard [error]:…
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DevKit ruby dk.rb init does not work

I was trying to install Ruby 2.0.0 (x64) on Windows by following the procedure as in this link: https://forwardhq.com/support/installing-ruby-windows which I was directed to. After looking into other sources, I thought this was the easiest one to…
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Bluecloth v2.0.10 with windows 7 not working

WIth Ruby 187, I had downloaded devkit from http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads and followed the instruction per https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit. I had also ensured that devkit is installed properly by following smoke…
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Error installing gem: Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 487

I'm trying to install win32-api gem on my machine and I'm facing some issues when building native extensions: $ gem install win32-api --no-ri --rdoc Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit... Building native extensions. This could take a…
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Issues installing Ruby and Rails and DevKit on windows 7 x64 - fix needed

I am having a number of issues when trying to install ruby and rails. I have tried both without and now after clearing the previous installed versions. When trying to run "gem install rdiscount --platform=ruby" I get the following…
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how to fix the npm audit report

When I run npm audit command === npm audit security report === `Manual Review Some vulnerabilities require your attention to resolve Visit https://go.npm.me/audit-guide for additional guidance ` High │ Arbitrary File Overwrite …
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Ruby on Rails in Windows: Error in installing DevKit

I'm new in ROR and I'm trying to install DevKit but I get some errors. I use Win7-64bit and i installed DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2-20130224-1432-sfx. I followed the installation in github. Honestly, the errors are not clear and I can't find out what I…
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Can't install Nokogiri for Ruby in Windows

I know this is simple but I just can't figure it out. I need to run a script in Ruby and it requires Nokogiri. I do have some experience in other languages but not in Ruby. Here is my system : Ruby 2.0.0-p195 (x64) is installed @…
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Install devkit for pik-installed Rubies

I've installed two rubies using pik, but I haven't installed any rubies outside of pik. When I choose a Ruby using pik, and then try to set up devkit, no binaries are added to the generated config.yml file: # This configuration file contains the…
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libxml2 missing when installing nokogiri's gem devkit (windows)

I've been experiencing a lot of problems with this gem, so I read that I had to use de 1.5.0-beta. Since I'm using windows, I downloaded DevKit. But when I ran: gem install nokogiri --pre -- --with-xml2-lib --with-xslt-lib I get: Temporarily…
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Installing libxml-ruby gem fails because zlib is missing

When trying to install the ruby gem libxml-ruby on my windows computer I get the following error message D:/.../bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb checking for socket() in -lsocket... no checking for gethostbyname() in -lnsl... no checking for atan() in -lm...…
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