Facebooker install on Windows

Question

Hey guys, I'm trying to install facebooker using:

gem install facebooker

on my Win7 machine. It returns this:

checking for ruby/st.h... * 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.

I'm running Ruby 1.9.1, Gems 1.3.5 and Rails 2.3.5

I found this, to no avail. I actually get the same error trying to install json gem.

http://blog.spaceprogram.com/2009/03/gem-install-facebooker-on-windows.html

Thanks guys!

Answer 1

The following blog post might have the solution to your problem: http://blog.spaceprogram.com/2009/03/gem-install-facebooker-on-windows.html

To quote the blog:

To fix this:

1. gem install json -v 1.1.1 (only one that works on windows at time of posting, json_pure doesn't work with rails 2.3)
2. gem install facebooker --ignore-depencies

You can also try installing Facebooker as a plugin:

script/plugin install git://github.com/mmangino/facebooker.git