Windows 10 Ruby 2.3.3-p222 instiki 0.20.1 Intallation problem

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Windows 10 Ruby 2.3.3-p222 instiki 0.20.1 Intallation problem

ExpatSailor opened this issue 8 years ago · 18 comments

Hello,

I've tried to install instiki multiple times without success and being new to Ruby, I am not experienced enough to decipher the 'mkmf.log', so I'd be grateful for some help. Before getting into the issue (iconv failed to compile), I have the following questions and comments:

!) On a Windows system, is there any practical difference between using "ruby bundle" and "ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle"?
2) The instructions don't explicitly say that you must use the GitHub command shell when executing these commands {which might be helpful to note).
3) The instructions at 'github.com/parasew/instiki' are out of sync with those at 'https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/wiki/instiki/show/Installation' (the former states that Ruby 1.9.3 to 2.3 works, while the latter says Ruby 1.8.7 to 2.1).
4) While attempting to sign up to post to the forums at 'https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/forum/forums/instiki;, the page said I would receive an email with a link, but I never did (and no, it didn't go into my spam directory; I also checked using my 'back button' to verify that my email address was correct (which it was). I was using Firefox in 'Private Browing' mode... is this perhaps the issue?

On to my problem (I have DevKit installed and there are no spaces in the path names to either Ruby or instiki):

This is the output of "ruby bundle":

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\BIA\Documents\GitHub> cd
C:> cd Instiki
C:\Instiki> ruby bundle
Fetching git://github.com/distler/maruku.git
Checking out files: 100% (280/280), done.
Fetching gem metadata from http://rubygems.org/........
Fetching version metadata from http://rubygems.org/..
Resolving dependencies...
Installing rake 10.4.2
Installing RedCloth 4.3.2 with native extensions
Installing abstract 1.0.0
Installing daemons 1.2.4
Installing erubis 2.7.0
Installing eventmachine 1.2.3
Installing file_signature 1.2.0
Installing iconv 1.0.4 with native extensions

Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4/ext/iconv

C:/Ruby23/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20170309-10940-igd9ro.rb extconf.rb
checking for rb_enc_get() in ruby/encoding.h... yes
checking for rb_sys_fail_str() in ruby.h... yes
checking for iconv() in iconv.h... no
checking for iconv() in -liconv... 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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/Ruby23/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-iconv-dir
--without-iconv-dir
--with-iconv-include
--without-iconv-include=${iconv-dir}/include
--with-iconv-lib
--without-iconv-lib=${iconv-dir}/lib
--enable-config-charset
--disable-config-charset
--with-config-charset
--without-config-charset
--with-iconvlib
--without-iconvlib

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/gem_make.out
Installing itextomml 1.5.5 with native extensions
Installing json 2.0.3 with native extensions
Installing mini_portile2 2.1.0
Installing syntax 1.1.0
Installing rack 1.4.5
Installing rails_xss 0.4.0
Installing rdoc 5.1.0
Installing rubyzip 0.9.9
Installing sqlite3 1.3.13
Installing test-unit 2.5.5
Using bundler 1.11.2
An error occurred while installing iconv (1.0.4), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that gem install iconv -v '1.0.4' succeeds before bundling.

This is the output of "ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle":

C:\Instiki> ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle
Fetching git://github.com/distler/maruku.git
Fetching gem metadata from http://rubygems.org/........
Fetching version metadata from http://rubygems.org/..
Resolving dependencies...
Using rake 10.4.2
Using RedCloth 4.3.2
Using abstract 1.0.0
Using daemons 1.2.4
Using erubis 2.7.0
Using eventmachine 1.2.3
Using file_signature 1.2.0
Installing iconv 1.0.4 with native extensions

Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4/ext/iconv

C:/Ruby23/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20170309-1956-i8n98z.rb extconf.rb
checking for rb_enc_get() in ruby/encoding.h... yes
checking for rb_sys_fail_str() in ruby.h... yes
checking for iconv() in iconv.h... no
checking for iconv() in -liconv... 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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/Ruby23/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-iconv-dir
--without-iconv-dir
--with-iconv-include
--without-iconv-include=${iconv-dir}/include
--with-iconv-lib
--without-iconv-lib=${iconv-dir}/lib
--enable-config-charset
--disable-config-charset
--with-config-charset
--without-config-charset
--with-iconvlib
--without-iconvlib

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/gem_make.out
Using itextomml 1.5.5
Using json 2.0.3
Using mini_portile2 2.1.0
Using syntax 1.1.0
Using rack 1.4.5
Using rails_xss 0.4.0
Using rdoc 5.1.0
Using rubyzip 0.9.9
Using sqlite3 1.3.13
Using test-unit 2.5.5
Using bundler 1.11.2
An error occurred while installing iconv (1.0.4), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that gem install iconv -v '1.0.4' succeeds before bundling.
C:\Instiki>

This is my "mkmf.log":

have_func: checking for rb_enc_get() in ruby/encoding.h... -------------------- yes

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/i386-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0 -I. -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat conftest.c -L. -LC:/Ruby23/lib -L. -lmsvcrt-ruby230 -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi "
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: int main(int argc, char *argv)
6: {
7: return 0;
8: }
/ end */

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/i386-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0 -I. -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat conftest.c -L. -LC:/Ruby23/lib -L. -lmsvcrt-ruby230 -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi "
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: #include <ruby/encoding.h>
6:
7: /top/
8: extern int t(void);
9: int main(int argc, char *argv)
10: {
11: if (argc > 1000000) {
12: printf("%p", &t);
13: }
14:
15: return 0;
16: }
17: int t(void) { void ((volatile p)()); p = (void (()()))rb_enc_get; return !p; }
/ end */

have_func: checking for rb_sys_fail_str() in ruby.h... -------------------- yes

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/i386-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0 -I. -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat conftest.c -L. -LC:/Ruby23/lib -L. -lmsvcrt-ruby230 -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi "
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: #include <ruby.h>
6:
7: /top/
8: extern int t(void);
9: int main(int argc, char *argv)
10: {
11: if (argc > 1000000) {
12: printf("%p", &t);
13: }
14:
15: return 0;
16: }
17: int t(void) { void ((volatile p)()); p = (void (()()))rb_sys_fail_str; return !p; }
/ end */

have_func: checking for iconv() in iconv.h... -------------------- no

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/i386-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0 -I. -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat conftest.c -L. -LC:/Ruby23/lib -L. -lmsvcrt-ruby230 -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi "
conftest.c:5:19: fatal error: iconv.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: #include <iconv.h>
6:
7: /top/
8: extern int t(void);
9: int main(int argc, char *argv)
10: {
11: if (argc > 1000000) {
12: printf("%p", &t);
13: }
14:
15: return 0;
16: }
17: int t(void) { void ((volatile p)()); p = (void (()()))iconv; return !p; }
/ end */

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/i386-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0 -I. -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat conftest.c -L. -LC:/Ruby23/lib -L. -lmsvcrt-ruby230 -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi "
conftest.c:5:19: fatal error: iconv.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: #include <iconv.h>
6:
7: /top/
8: extern int t(void);
9: int main(int argc, char *argv)
10: {
11: if (argc > 1000000) {
12: printf("%p", &t);
13: }
14:
15: return 0;
16: }
17: extern void iconv();
18: int t(void) { iconv(); return 0; }
/ end */

have_library: checking for iconv() in -liconv... -------------------- no

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/i386-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0 -I. -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat conftest.c -L. -LC:/Ruby23/lib -L. -lmsvcrt-ruby230 -liconv -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi "
conftest.c:5:19: fatal error: iconv.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: #include <iconv.h>
6:
7: /top/
8: extern int t(void);
9: int main(int argc, char *argv)
10: {
11: if (argc > 1000000) {
12: printf("%p", &t);
13: }
14:
15: return 0;
16: }
17: int t(void) { void ((volatile p)()); p = (void (()()))iconv; return !p; }
/ end */

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/i386-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby23/include/ruby-2.3.0 -I. -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-fast-math -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wunused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat conftest.c -L. -LC:/Ruby23/lib -L. -lmsvcrt-ruby230 -liconv -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi "
conftest.c:5:19: fatal error: iconv.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: #include <iconv.h>
6:
7: /top/
8: extern int t(void);
9: int main(int argc, char *argv)
10: {
11: if (argc > 1000000) {
12: printf("%p", &t);
13: }
14:
15: return 0;
16: }
17: extern void iconv();
18: int t(void) { iconv(); return 0; }
/ end */

This is my "extconf.rb" (\instiki\vendor\bundle\ruby\2.3.0\gems\iconv-1.0.4\ext):

require 'mkmf'

dir_config("iconv")

conf = File.exist?(File.join($srcdir, "config.charset"))
conf = with_config("config-charset", enable_config("config-charset", conf))

unless have_func("rb_enc_get", "ruby/encoding.h") || have_func("vasprintf", "stdio.h")
raise "vasprintf is required for Ruby 1.8"
end
have_func("rb_sys_fail_str", "ruby.h")
if have_func("iconv", "iconv.h") or
have_library("iconv", "iconv", "iconv.h")
check_signedness("size_t") rescue nil
if checking_for("const of iconv() 2nd argument") do
create_tmpsrc(cpp_include("iconv.h") + "---> iconv(cd,0,0,0,0) <---")
src = xpopen(cpp_command("")) {|f|f.read}
if !(func = src[/^--->\s*(\w+).\s<---/, 1])
Logging::message "iconv function name not found"
false
elsif !(second = src[%r"\b#{func}\s*(.?,(.?),.?)\s;"m, 1])
Logging::message "prototype for #{func}() not found"
false
else
Logging::message $&+"\n"
/\bconst\b/ =~ second
end
end
$defs.push('-DICONV_INPTR_CONST')
end
have_func("iconvlist", "iconv.h")
have_func("__iconv_free_list", "iconv.h")
if conf
prefix = '$(srcdir)'
prefix = $nmake ? "{#{prefix}}" : "#{prefix}/"
if $extout
wrapper = "$(RUBYARCHDIR)/iconv.rb"
else
wrapper = "./iconv.rb"
$INSTALLFILES = [[wrapper, "$(RUBYARCHDIR)"]]
end
if String === conf
require 'uri'
scheme = URI.parse(conf).scheme
else
conf = "$(srcdir)/config.charset"
end
$cleanfiles << wrapper
end
create_makefile("iconv/iconv")
if conf
open("Makefile", "a") do |mf|
mf.print("\nall: #{wrapper}\n\n#{wrapper}: #{prefix}charset_alias.rb")
mf.print(" ", conf) unless scheme
mf.print("\n\t$(RUBY) $(srcdir)/charset_alias.rb #{conf} $@\n")
end
end
end

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1 · 2017-03-09T22:02:46.000Z

!) On a Windows system, is there any practical difference between using "ruby bundle" and "ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle"?

The command with "--path vendor/bundle" sets the default location for installing the gems. You only need to do that on the first invocation of ruby bundle install.

The instructions don't explicitly say that you must use the GitHub command shell when executing these commands {which might be helpful to note).

In general, the Windows instructions suck. Any improvements would be helpful. But, as I understand it, there's more than one way to get a suitable command shell (Cygwin, for instance) under Windows.

The instructions at 'github.com/parasew/instiki' are out of sync with those at 'https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/wiki/instiki/show/Installation' (the former states that Ruby 1.9.3 to 2.3 works, while the latter says Ruby 1.8.7 to 2.1).

The minimum Ruby version needed is a bit in flux at the moment. Several of the dependecies have (in their current versions) dropped support for older Ruby's. I think you will have trouble if you are using any Ruby older than 2.1 (which is to say, 2.1-2.4 should work).

While attempting to sign up to post to the forums at 'https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/forum/forums/instiki;, the page said I would receive an email with a link, but I never did (and no, it didn't go into my spam directory; I also checked using my 'back button' to verify that my email address was correct (which it was). I was using Firefox in 'Private Browing' mode... is this perhaps the issue?

Unclear. Try logging in anyway. Some people say they never received the registration email, but were able to log in (as if they had completed the registration process).

Answer 2 · 2017-03-09T23:32:49.000Z

Thanks for clarifying the Bundler issue and the suggestion for the forum.

I still get an 'Invalid login' message on the software forum.

I'm using 2.3 but am still unable to work around this installation issue. I know that there is a long thread where you helped someone else with Windows, but I'm having trouble following it...

Answer 3 · 2017-03-11T02:45:01.000Z

One other piece of information that might be useful is that I downloaded and expanded the zip file rather than cloning the repository. The above results came from running "ruby bundle"; the results below are from running "ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle" after doing a clean install of instiki (note that I have not included the logs for this):

C:\Users\BIA\Documents\GitHub> cd
C:> cd Instiki
C:\Instiki> ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle
Fetching git://github.com/distler/maruku.git
Fetching gem metadata from http://rubygems.org/........
Fetching version metadata from http://rubygems.org/..
Resolving dependencies...
Installing rake 10.4.2
Installing RedCloth 4.3.2 with native extensions

Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/RedCloth-4.3.2/ext/redcloth_scan

C:/Ruby23/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20170310-1388-1rflaw9.rb extconf.rb
checking for main() in -lc... *** 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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/Ruby23/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-redcloth_scan-dir
--without-redcloth_scan-dir
--with-redcloth_scan-include
--without-redcloth_scan-include=${redcloth_scan-dir}/include
--with-redcloth_scan-lib
--without-redcloth_scan-lib=${redcloth_scan-dir}/lib
--with-clib
--without-clib
C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:456:in try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError) You have to install development tools first. from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:541:in try_link0'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:556:in try_link' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:765:in try_func'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:997:in block in have_library' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:942:in block in checking_for'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:350:in block (2 levels) in postpone' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:320:in open'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:350:in block in postpone' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:320:in open'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:346:in postpone' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:941:in checking_for'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:992:in have_library' from extconf.rb:5:in

'

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/RedCloth-4.3.2/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/RedCloth-4.3.2 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/RedCloth-4.3.2/gem_make.out
Installing abstract 1.0.0
Installing daemons 1.2.4
Installing erubis 2.7.0
Installing eventmachine 1.2.3
Installing file_signature 1.2.0
Installing iconv 1.0.4 with native extensions

Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4/ext/iconv

C:/Ruby23/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20170310-1388-zqdaii.rb extconf.rb
checking for rb_enc_get() in ruby/encoding.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.

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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/Ruby23/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-iconv-dir
--without-iconv-dir
--with-iconv-include
--without-iconv-include=${iconv-dir}/include
--with-iconv-lib
--without-iconv-lib=${iconv-dir}/lib
--enable-config-charset
--disable-config-charset
--with-config-charset
--without-config-charset
C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:456:in try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError) You have to install development tools first. from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:541:in try_link0'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:556:in try_link' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:765:in try_func'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:1051:in block in have_func' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:942:in block in checking_for'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:350:in block (2 levels) in postpone' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:320:in open'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:350:in block in postpone' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:320:in open'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:346:in postpone' from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:941:in checking_for'
from C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/2.3.0/mkmf.rb:1050:in have_func' from extconf.rb:8:in

'

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/gem_make.out
Installing itextomml 1.5.5 with native extensions

Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/itextomml-1.5.5/ext

C:/Ruby23/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20170310-1388-5ix67.rb extconf.rb
creating Makefile

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/itextomml-1.5.5/ext
make "DESTDIR=" clean
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/itextomml-1.5.5/ext
make "DESTDIR="
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

make failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/itextomml-1.5.5 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/itextomml-1.5.5/gem_make.out
Installing json 2.0.3 with native extensions

Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/json-2.0.3/ext/json/ext/generator

C:/Ruby23/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20170310-1388-fhq71o.rb extconf.rb
creating Makefile

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/json-2.0.3/ext/json/ext/generator
make "DESTDIR=" clean
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

current directory: C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/json-2.0.3/ext/json/ext/generator
make "DESTDIR="
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

make failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/json-2.0.3 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/json-2.0.3/gem_make.out
Installing mini_portile2 2.1.0
Installing syntax 1.1.0
Installing rack 1.4.5
Installing rails_xss 0.4.0
Installing rdoc 5.1.0
Installing rubyzip 0.9.9
Installing sqlite3 1.3.13
Installing test-unit 2.5.5
Using bundler 1.11.2
An error occurred while installing RedCloth (4.3.2), and Bundler cannot
continue.
Make sure that gem install RedCloth -v '4.3.2' succeeds before bundling.
C:\Instiki>

This seems to create more issues than without "--path vendor/bundle". More gems, with Red Cloth being an example, seemed to install fine without it but not with it.

Also, I'm unclear as to your suggestion about using Cygwin, which I would rather not do for several reasons. Does you mean that I should install its Ruby package as well? Wouldn't that negate the supposed simplicity of installing instiki under Windows?

Answer 4 · 2017-03-11T04:03:33.000Z

i wasn't suggesting that you install Cygwin. On the other hand, there seems to be something seriously borked with your developer tools, as common commands like "make" seem to fail.

I think this snippet from your error log,

The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError) You have to install development tools first.

is rather telling.

Answer 5 · 2017-03-11T17:54:10.000Z

Thanks.

As best as I can tell, for DevKit to work, the 'gem install gem_name' command must have '--platform=ruby' added to it ('gem install gem_name --platform=ruby') for any gem for which there isn't a pre-compiled Windows binary available. I suspect that that is the root cause of the error message because when I follow the instructions on the DevKit wiki for testing it, i get Ruby command line output as follows

C:\Users\BIA>gem install json --platform=ruby
Fetching: json-2.0.3.gem (100%)
Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed json-2.0.3
Parsing documentation for json-2.0.3
Installing ri documentation for json-2.0.3
Done installing

whereas when I use the Git shell to try and install instiki ("ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle"), the output is as follows

C:> ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle
Fetching https://github.com/distler/maruku.git
Fetching gem metadata from http://rubygems.org/........
Fetching version metadata from http://rubygems.org/..
Resolving dependencies...
Installing rake 10.4.2
Installing RedCloth 4.3.2 with native extensions
Installing abstract 1.0.0
Installing daemons 1.2.4
Installing erubis 2.7.0
Installing eventmachine 1.2.3
Installing file_signature 1.2.0
Installing iconv 1.0.4 with native extensions
Installing itextomml 1.5.5 with native extensions
Installing json 2.0.3 with native extensions
Installing mini_portile2 2.1.0
Installing syntax 1.1.0
Installing rack 1.4.5
Installing rails_xss 0.4.0
Installing rdoc 5.1.0
Installing rubyzip 0.9.9
Installing sqlite3 1.3.13
Installing test-unit 2.5.5
Using bundler 1.13.7
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
.
.
.

Note that

'Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...'

is absent.

I suspect that all of the gems that generate 'Installing gem_name with native extensions' output are silently failing (in that the script appears to generate a complete error message for only the first gem -- I think -- that fails to build before aborting and exiting.

If this is indeed the issue, I think that if your script tested to see if the OS is Windows and acted accordingly, that would be the end of it. I'm (obviously) happy to test that for you, and will provide you with complete Windows-specific installation instructions if that works, or after a solution is found that doesn't require a user to do anything other than install DevKit and follow your '1,2,3' instructions.

Answer 6 · 2017-03-12T09:33:34.000Z

I tried changing the Gemfile myself and it throws an error which after some searching leads me to believe that Bundler doesn't support '--platform=ruby'. I think that my build environment is fine as noted above, but whatever the problem is in instiki is beyond my ability to solve as a relatively new Ruby user. Once instiki is properly installed, it may indeed be a great piece of software, but installing it on Windows certainly isn't as easy as it's made out to be, I wonder how many people have just given up.

Answer 7 · 2017-03-12T12:13:25.000Z

bundle config ?

Answer 8 · 2017-03-12T17:35:48.000Z

Here is my bundle\config file:

BUNDLE_ITEXTOMML: "-v >=1.5.5 --platform=ruby"
BUNDLE_JSON: "--platform=ruby"
BUNDLE_REDCLOTH: "-v >=4.0.0 --platform=ruby"
BUNDLE_ICONV: "-v 1.0.4 --:platforms => [:ruby_20, :ruby_21, :ruby_22, :ruby_23, :ruby_24, :x64_mingw, :mingw_23, :mingw_24] --with-iconv-dir=C:\GnuWin32\bin"
BUNDLE_DISABLE_SHARED_GEMS: "true"
BUNDLE_PATH: "vendor/bundle"

I'm still having the same problem:

C:\whj\whj_data\whj_instiki> ruby bundle install --path vendor/bundle
Fetching https://github.com/distler/maruku.git
Fetching gem metadata from http://rubygems.org/........
Fetching version metadata from http://rubygems.org/..
Resolving dependencies...
Using rake 10.4.2
Using RedCloth 4.3.2
Using abstract 1.0.0
Using daemons 1.2.4
Using erubis 2.7.0
Using eventmachine 1.2.3
Using file_signature 1.2.0
Installing iconv 1.0.4 with native extensions
Using itextomml 1.5.5
Using json 2.0.3
Using mini_portile2 2.1.0
Using syntax 1.1.0
Using rack 1.4.5
Using rails_xss 0.4.0
Using rdoc 5.1.0
Using rubyzip 0.9.9
Using sqlite3 1.3.13
Using test-unit 2.5.5
Using bundler 1.13.7
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory:
C:/whj/whj_data/WHJ_Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4/ext/iconv
C:/Ruby23/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20170312-7352-1mhkz11.rb extconf.rb
checking for rb_enc_get() in ruby/encoding.h... yes
checking for rb_sys_fail_str() in ruby.h... yes
checking for iconv() in iconv.h... no
checking for iconv() in -liconv... 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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/Ruby23/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-iconv-dir
--without-iconv-dir
--with-iconv-include
--without-iconv-include=${iconv-dir}/include
--with-iconv-lib
--without-iconv-lib=${iconv-dir}/lib
--enable-config-charset
--disable-config-charset
--with-config-charset
--without-config-charset
--with-iconvlib
--without-iconvlib

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can
be found here:

C:/whj/whj_data/WHJ_Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in
C:/whj/whj_data/WHJ_Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4 for
inspection.
Results logged to
C:/whj/whj_data/WHJ_Instiki/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/gem_make.out

An error occurred while installing iconv (1.0.4), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that gem install iconv -v '1.0.4' succeeds before bundling.

I'm not sure why my terminal screen/command prompt isn't echoing

'Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...'

for any of the gems that it says are installing with native extensions.

Also, would it help to have ':mswin' in

'BUNDLE_ICONV: "-v 1.0.4 --:platforms => [:ruby_20, :ruby_21, :ruby_22, :ruby_23, :ruby_24, :x64_mingw, :mingw_23, :mingw_24] --with-iconv-dir=C:\GnuWin32\bin" ?

Not to be obtuse, but I'm really loath to have to jury-rig this to get it to work, and unless my doing so helps you to get the 'just add water and stir' Windows installation working as advertised, I don't really see how it helps you... it's a one-off solution fix.

Answer 9 · 2017-03-13T07:37:32.000Z

When is the last time that YOU personally test this?

Answer 10 · 2017-03-13T19:28:56.000Z

When is the last time that YOU personally test this?

Never.

I don't understand your platform specifications at all. According to the documentation, :ruby should never be an appropriate value for a Windows installation. Reasonable values would be

:mingw_nn (for the 32-bit RubyInstaller version of Ruby n.n)
:x64_mingwor :x64_mingw_nn (for the 64-bit RubyInstaller version of Ruby n.n)
:mswin for some non-RubyInstaller version of Ruby.

You never said where you got your Ruby from, which makes it a little hard to figure out which platform specification is right for you. Are you using RubyInstaller? Which version of their DevKit?

Answer 11 · 2017-03-13T23:47:40.000Z

I'm using 32-bit RubyInstaller (2.3.3p222), with DevKit mingw64-32-4.7.2-20130224-1151, both from rubyinstaller.org.

Answer 12 · 2017-03-14T00:33:52.000Z

OK. So that should pick up the :mingw_23 platform.

Now, not that it will immediately help getting Instiki running, but if you try to use gem install ... to install the gems (particularly then "non-native" gems) listed in the Gemfile, does that work?

In particular, can you gem install iconv?

Answer 13 · 2017-03-14T07:44:37.000Z

Installing json works (per the DevKit wiki):

ruby 2.3.3p222 (2016-11-21 revision 56859) [i386-mingw32]

C:\Users\BIA>gem install iconv --platform=ruby
Fetching: iconv-1.0.4.gem (100%)
Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing iconv:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4/ext/iconv

C:/Ruby23/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20170314-4552-wcfmms.rb extconf.rb
checking for rb_enc_get() in ruby/encoding.h... yes
checking for rb_sys_fail_str() in ruby.h... yes
checking for iconv() in iconv.h... no
checking for iconv() in -liconv... 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
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=C:/Ruby23/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-iconv-dir
--without-iconv-dir
--with-iconv-include
--without-iconv-include=${iconv-dir}/include
--with-iconv-lib
--without-iconv-lib=${iconv-dir}/lib
--enable-config-charset
--disable-config-charset
--with-config-charset
--without-config-charset
--with-iconvlib
--without-iconvlib

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/iconv-1.0.4 for inspection.
Results logged to C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86-mingw32/2.3.0/iconv-1.0.4/gem_make.out

C:\Users\BIA>gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

bigdecimal (1.2.8)
did_you_mean (1.0.0)
io-console (0.4.5)
json (1.8.3)
minitest (5.8.5)
net-telnet (0.1.1)
power_assert (0.2.6)
psych (2.1.0)
rake (10.4.2)
rdoc (4.2.1)
test-unit (3.1.5)

C:\Users\BIA>gem install json --platform=ruby
Fetching: json-2.0.3.gem (100%)
Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed json-2.0.3
Parsing documentation for json-2.0.3
Installing ri documentation for json-2.0.3
Done installing documentation for json after 3 seconds
1 gem installed

C:\Users\BIA>gem list

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

bigdecimal (1.2.8)
did_you_mean (1.0.0)
io-console (0.4.5)
json (2.0.3, 1.8.3)
minitest (5.8.5)
net-telnet (0.1.1)
power_assert (0.2.6)
psych (2.1.0)
rake (10.4.2)
rdoc (4.2.1)
test-unit (3.1.5)

C:\Users\BIA>

mkmf.log: