Error installing jekyll: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

Question

I use github+jekyll to build blog, i try to install jekyll to local(windows 10)， while it failed when i rungem install jekyll and the stack trace is

C:\Developments\FrontEnd\rubygems-2.7.7>gem install jekyll
Temporarily enhancing PATH for MSYS/MINGW...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing jekyll:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: C:/Developments/FrontEnd/Ruby25-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/http_parser.rb-0.6.0/ext/ruby_http_parser
C:/Developments/FrontEnd/Ruby25-x64/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20180806-33956-l8y76h.rb extconf.rb
creating Makefile

current directory: C:/Developments/FrontEnd/Ruby25-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/http_parser.rb-0.6.0/ext/ruby_http_parser
make "DESTDIR=" clean
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

current directory: C:/Developments/FrontEnd/Ruby25-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/http_parser.rb-0.6.0/ext/ruby_http_parser
make "DESTDIR="
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

make failed, exit code 1

what i do is: 1. install ruby, path variable was set, version: ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x64-mingw32]. 2. install rubygems, version: 2.7.7. 3. install MSYS2. 4. install jekyll, gem install jekyll, then the above error occurs and i'm not sure the reason.

i have tried to install devkit and it not works, i think my ruby version is 2.5+, so don't need devkit and i have uninstalled it.

Anyone could help me?

Answer 1

Solution re-install ruby with rubyinstaller-devkit-2.5.5-1-x64

and issue

gem install bundler

gem install jekyll

Answer 2

Although they made the Ruby+DevKit an "optional" download for the RubyInstaller on Windows, if you plan to install gems, it is practically a necessity. A large percentage of the most popular gems are C extension that will need built on your machine when being installed.

The DevKit is a handy toolchain that supplies everything you need for this to be done, automatically without you needed to do anything more than type gem install XXXXX. Without it, you either cannot use C extension gems, or must have already installed MSYS and MingW, have them configured properly, which is all not a user-friendly experience, even for those who familiar with the process.

So even if DevKit is optional, it is still required to make the most of Ruby on Windows.