Cant install watir-webdriver on windows 7

Question

Hello i'am trying to install watir-webdriver on Windows 7 with Ruby 1.9.3 and installation hang on this:

building native extensions. This could take a while...

and i'am waiting and i'am waiting and i'am waiting

and nothing goes forward. Can you give me what i'am doing wrong.

Previously i'am installed Ruby 1.9.3, updated gems, installed devkit.

Thanks for future help.

Answer 1

Did you follow the instructions?

https://github.com/watir/watirbook/blob/master/installation/windows.md

Try installation with verbose output and let us know what you get:

gem install watir-webdriver -V

Answer 2

I had to change my c:\ruby193\bin\gem.bat in the following to get the devkit working for native extensions

@ECHO OFF
IF NOT "%~f0" == "~f0" GOTO :WinNT
ECHO.This version of Ruby has not been built with support for Windows 95/98/Me.
GOTO :EOF
:WinNT
SET HTTP_PROXY=server.domain.com:9999
SET RI_DEVKIT=c:\devkit\
SET PATH=%RI_DEVKIT%bin;%RI_DEVKIT%mingw\bin;%PATH%
@"%~dp0ruby.exe" "%~dpn0" %*