Re: [Rails] First installation of RoR: two "lib" files are not found. Is it normal?

On 02/19/2013 10:14 AM, Colin Law wrote:

On 19 February 2013 01:31, A B <londonein@gmail.com> wrote:  

  Hello.    I've just installed RoR using:    gem install rails      But some files haven't been found. Please see the picture below. I use Windows XP.    Also the directory \gems\rails-3.2.12 is empty after installation. I mean this directory:      C:\Ruby193\lib\ruby\gems\1.9.1\gems\rails-3.2.12      All other new directories under \gems that have been created with installation contains something, but \rails-3.2.12 is empty.    Is this normal? Or should I re-install it?  

  Since no-one has responded yet I will say that most Rails developers  use Mac or Linux (such as Ubuntu) rather than Windows so it can be  more difficult to get help.  However if you absolutely have to use  Windows I believe that railsinstaller.org is considered the best route  to take.    Colin    

You could install Linux of some flavor in a virtual machine and then run your Rails development there without making your system dual boot etc.  I have run that kind of a setup and it works but I prefer a basic Linux install with XP in  a VM for whenever I need to do something windows.

Norm