安装 jekyll 时出错：错误：无法构建 gem 原生扩展

Question

I use github+jekyll to build blog, i try to install jekyll to local(windows 10)， while it failed when i run gem install jekyll and the stack trace is

 C:\Developments\FrontEnd\rubygems-2.7.7>gem install jekyll Temporarily enhancing PATH for MSYS/MINGW... Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing jekyll: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. current directory: C:/Developments/FrontEnd/Ruby25-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/http_parser.rb-0.6.0/ext/ruby_http_parser C:/Developments/FrontEnd/Ruby25-x64/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20180806-33956-l8y76h.rb extconf.rb creating Makefile current directory: C:/Developments/FrontEnd/Ruby25-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/http_parser.rb-0.6.0/ext/ruby_http_parser make "DESTDIR=" clean 'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. current directory: C:/Developments/FrontEnd/Ruby25-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/http_parser.rb-0.6.0/ext/ruby_http_parser make "DESTDIR=" 'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. make failed, exit code 1

what i do is: 1. install ruby, path variable was set, version: ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x64-mingw32] . 2. install rubygems, version: 2.7.7 . 3. install MSYS2. 4. install jekyll, gem install jekyll , then the above error occurs and i'm not sure the reason.

i have tried to install devkit and it not works, i think my ruby version is 2.5+, so don't need devkit and i have uninstalled it.

Anyone could help me?

Answer 1

Although they made the Ruby+DevKit an "optional" download for the RubyInstaller on Windows, if you plan to install gems, it is practically a necessity. A large percentage of the most popular gems are C extension that will need built on your machine when being installed.

The DevKit is a handy toolchain that supplies everything you need for this to be done, automatically without you needed to do anything more than type gem install XXXXX . Without it, you either cannot use C extension gems, or must have already installed MSYS and MingW , have them configured properly, which is all not a user-friendly experience, even for those who familiar with the process.

So even if DevKit is optional, it is still required to make the most of Ruby on Windows.

Answer 2

Solution re-install ruby with rubyinstaller-devkit-2.5.5-1-x64

and issue

gem install bundler

gem install jekyll

Answer 3

I got the same error message. It turned out that the culprit was the ffi gem. I got it to work using this solution.

Answer 4

I had the same issue. I was able to resolve it (in Windows 11 x64) via:

winget install -e --id RubyInstallerTeam.RubyWithDevKit

(Ie, reinstall Ruby with the DevKit)