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Starkers
Starkers

Reputation: 10551

Adding Devkit to environmental path

Despite installing dev tools correctly (at least, following the documentation word for word), I keep getting this error:

C:\devkit>gem install rails
ERROR:  Error installing rails:
        The 'atomic' native gem requires installed build tools.

Please update your PATH to include build tools or download the DevKit
from 'http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads' and follow the instructions
at 'http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit'

How can I add the build tools to my Path?

In Windows 7, I know I can edit my path by navigating to 

Control Panel » System » Advanced » Environment Variables

I've installed Devkit at c:/Devkit

But that's all I know. How can I add Devkit to my Environment Variables (at least, I think that's what it means)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2389

Answers (1)

vee
vee

Reputation: 38645

You should be able to add Devkit to your Environment Variables doing the following from within Control Panel » System » Advanced » Environment Variables:

  • Add a new "System Variable"

    -- Variable Name: DEVKIT_HOME

    -- Variable Value: C:\Devkit

  • Edit System "Path" variable's value by appending the following:

    --;%DEVKIT_HOME%\bin;%DEVKIT_HOME%\mingw\bin

  • Of course the final step: "Reboot the machine".

You could of course skip adding DEVKIT_HOME variable and directly update the Path variable with C:\Devkit\bin;C:\Devkit\mingw\bin.

Upvotes: 3

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