Issues installing Ruby and Rails and DevKit on windows 7 x64 - fix needed

Question

I am having a number of issues when trying to install ruby and rails. I have tried both without and now after clearing the previous installed versions.

When trying t

Answer 1

I would recommend uninstalling and installing over again. Also I recomend using the Rails Installer from http://railsinstaller.org/, in my experience this has been the most pain free way to get rails and ruby installed on a windows machine.

Answer 2

Seems you installed Ruby (along the DevKit?) inside a directory with spaces.

As indicated during Ruby own installer, path with spaces are not recommended (that is why default is C:\Ruby193

GCC, the compiler that is part of DevKit, has problems with path with spaces, so installation of DevKit is also recommended to be placed in a path without spaces (e.g. C:\DevKit)

All this is mentioned in both RubyInstaller and DevKit installation instructions page