Jano Svitok wrote: > On 6/7/07, Md.elme focruzzaman Shuvo <shuvo.razi / gmail.com> wrote: >> *** extconf.rb failed *** >> Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of >> necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more >> details. You may need configuration options. >> >> 1 thing more, I am using windows xp insteed of linus and using ruby >> 1.8.5-2.1. > > You need to have installed MSVC 6.0 to install this (and maybe something > more). > > If you want to do scraping (as your message at bugtracker implies) try > scrubyt/mechanize/hpricot - they are easier to install and should do > the job (they differ in abstraction level, in fact scrubyt uses > mechanize that in turn uses hpricot) > > Jano Thank you Jano, Can you please explain me the entire process of installing curb & why I need to nstall MSVC6.0. Regards, Shuvo. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.