JZ wrote:
> Dnia Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:29:00 +0100, daz napisa³(a):
>
> > Are you just starting with RoR or have you been using it for some time ?
>
> I am still feeling a newbe to RoR. Why are you asking?
>
Just that if you get an error with the first thing you try,
it's more likely to be an installation problem.
If you'd been using it successfully for a few days, then got an
an error, that's more likely to be a software problem.
> > Have you got a cygwin build or any other build Ruby of Ruby apart from
> > [i386-mswin32] mentioned in the info ?
>
> I have both: cygwin & ruby one click installer. This example was executed
> from console of winxp (not cygwin because under cygwin it couldn't even to
> start).
>
OK. That's the kind of additional information that could
provide a pointer to where the problem lies.
> > Are you the type of person who borrows files with the same names
> > from other directories ;-)
>
> ??
Well, I guessed at an installation problem.
Cygwin and MSVC(mswin) binaries are not compatible with each other.
So, for example, if you had an earlier error message saying
something like "could not find xyz.so", you might have done
a search on your HD, found it in the cygwin directory and then
copied it over instead of installing the mswin version.
Something _like_ that would surely lead to trouble.
A re-install into a directory outside of your cygwin folder
would be, IMHO, worth trying.
Also, I believe cygwin alters your PATH environment variable ?
Please post back if you get any further.
daz