Description of problem: See forum post: https://openshift.redhat.com/community/forums/openshift/gem-install-rhc-in-windows7-fails They are getting errors when running "gem install rhc" even after running "gem install rake": Asus@Asus-PC ~ $ gem install rhc Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing rhc: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby.exe mkrf_conf.rb Building native extensions. This could take a while... Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rhc-rest-0.0.14 f or inspection. Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rhc-rest-0.0.14/ext/gem_make.out Asus@Asus-PC ~ $ gem list *** LOCAL GEMS *** json_pure (1.6.6) mime-types (1.18) parseconfig (0.5.2) rake (0.9.2.2) rest-client (1.6.7)
Possibly related / fixable by changes we made already?
Tested it with the latest production version on windows 7: $ gem install rhc Fetching: rake-0.9.2.2.gem (100%) Fetching: rhc-0.91.12.gem (100%) Building native extensions. This could take a while... =================================================== rhc-rest is no longer needed as an external gem - If it is installed, it will be removed - Its libraries are now included in rhc - Any applications requiring rhc-rest will still function as expected =================================================== Successfully installed rake-0.9.2.2 Successfully installed rhc-0.91.12 2 gems installed Installing ri documentation for rake-0.9.2.2... Installing ri documentation for rhc-0.91.12... Installing RDoc documentation for rake-0.9.2.2... Installing RDoc documentation for rhc-0.91.12... If any of you still have client install problems on windows, feel free to re-open this bug.