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How do I compile and build the taf2-curb Ruby gem on Windows XP with MinGW?

I tried this, but I'm kinda fishing, unsuccessfully.

C:\Documents and Settings\Me>gem install taf2-curb -- --with-curl-include=C:/curl-7.19.5-devel-mingw32/include
--with-curl-dir=C:/curl-7.19.5 --with-curl-lib=C:/curl-7.19.5-devel-mingw32/lib --prefix=C:/MinGW --with-curllib
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Updating metadata for 73 gems from http://gems.rubyonrails.org
.........................................................................
complete
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.github.com
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing taf2-curb:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install taf2-curb -- --with-curl-include=C:/curl-7.19.5-devel-mingw32/include --with-cur
l-dir=C:/curl-7.19.5 --with-curl-lib=C:/curl-7.19.5-devel-mingw32/lib --prefix=C:/MinGW --with-curllib
checking for curl-config... no
checking for main() in true.lib... no
*** 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
        --srcdir=.
        --curdir
        --ruby=C:/Ruby/bin/ruby
        --with-curl-dir
        --with-curl-include=${curl-dir}/include
        --with-curl-lib=${curl-dir}/lib
        --with-curllib
extconf.rb:9:   Can't find libcurl or curl/curl.h (RuntimeError)

  Try passing --with-curl-dir or --with-curl-lib and --with-curl-include
  options to extconf.


Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/taf2-curb-0.4.8.0 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/taf2-curb-0.4.8.0/ext/gem_make.out

C:\Documents and Settings\Me>

I've installed curl-7.19.5 and curl-7.19.5-devel-mingw from this url: http://curl.haxx.se/download.html

Help!

And thanks!

A: 

you'll want to check your mkmf.log Perhaps add curb-config to your path? -r

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