Ruby: Cannot Install Watir Gem On Windows

Question

Watir\'s site says I need Ruby 1.8.6, which I\'m running. And windows installation should be as simple as gem install watir. But when I run that, I get this:

Answer 1

I would recommend you install the RubyInstaller Development Kit as documented here

Once you've installed it, the compile process of Watir dependencies (win32-api) will install successfully.