gem install bcrypt（LoadError）

Question

Still learning with the rails tutorial... I've been setting bcrypt (apparently) successfully from:

gem install bcrypt --platform=ruby

as it says

Successfully installed bcrypt-3.1.11
(...)
1 gem installed

But after adding this line in user.rb

has_secure_password 

I run a rails test, expecting just a red light for not having required a password confirmation in the user_test.rb file and actually I get an error preceded by

You don't have bcrypt installed in your application. Please add it to your Gemfile and run bundle install

OK then, I follow these instructions and bcrypt-3.1.11 (x86-mingw32) is in the list. Again I try a rails test and here I get a LoadError

C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.3.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/bcrypt-3.1.11-x86-mingw32/lib/bcrypt.rb:16:in 'require': cannot load such file -- bcrypt_ext (LoadError)

And that's right, there is no file named bcrypt_ext anywhere! So what ?

I'm wondering about DevKit as mentionned here Rails Gem::LoadError in UsersController#new In my first try, it is stated "temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit..."

Answer 1

Kart-able;

try the following steps which worked for me:

• remove anything related to bcrypt from your Gemfile

• Enter the following information into your Gemfile

  gem 'bcrypt', git: ' https://github.com/codahale/bcrypt-ruby.git ', :require => 'bcrypt'

Run 'bundle install' at the root of your project and it should work.