Ferret talk - Jun 2007 - Ferret install on WinXP fails - procedure entry point rb_w32

Hello. I''m trying to use the ''acts_as_ferret'' gem
with Rails.

Rails: 1.1.4 and 1.2.3
OS: WinXP

I''ve installed both Ferret and the plugin using Ruby Gems:

C:\>gem install ferret
Successfully installed ferret-0.11.4-mswin32
Installing ri documentation for ferret-0.11.4-mswin32...
Installing RDoc documentation for ferret-0.11.4-mswin32...

C:\>gem install acts_as_ferret
Successfully installed acts_as_ferret-0.4.0

When I try to use/reference Ferret, I get error messages like the
following:

-- Require ferret fails
irb(main):001:0> require ''ferret''
LoadError: 127: The specified procedure could not be found.   -
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.4-mswin32/ext/ferret_ext.so
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.4-mswin32/ext/ferret_ext.so
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`require''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.4-mswin32/lib/ferret.rb:25
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:33:in
`require''
        from (irb):1


-- Require ''acts_as_ferret'' fails
irb(main):001:0> require ''acts_as_ferret''
LoadError: 127: The specified procedure could not be found.   -
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.4-mswin32/ext/ferret_ext.so
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.4-mswin32/ext/ferret_ext.so
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`require''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in
`require''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ferret-0.11.4-mswin32/lib/ferret.rb:25
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:33:in
`require''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:147:in
`require''
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/acts_as_ferret-0.4.0/lib/acts_as_ferret.rb:24
        from
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:33:in
`require''
        from (irb):1


I also tried installing the plugin into my app:

ruby script/plugin install
svn://projects.jkraemer.net/acts_as_ferret/tags/stable/acts_as_ferret

I added "require ''acts_as_ferret''" to my
environement.rb file, and my
Mongrel server fails on startup with the following Windows dialog:

  "The procedure entry point rb_w32_write could not be located in the
dynamic link library msvcrt-ruby18.dll"

Googling this error turned up just one other unlucky soul, but I could
not find a solution. Any suggestions?

Thanks.
-B. Ridout

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I still have not resolved the problem with (ferret 0.11.4 (mswin32)), 
but I did try going to the previous Win32 release.
>> Successfully installed ferret-0.10.9-mswin32
irb(main):001:0> require ''ferret''
=> true

When I do this, everything works fine. Is 0.11.4 not a stable release? 
I''ve seen messages about problems on the Mac OS as well.

-Ben Ridout




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