Issue #19847 has been reported by dmwhitne (David Whitney). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19847: Cannot install Ruby 3.2.2 on Windows using Visual Studio 2019 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19847 * Author: dmwhitne (David Whitney) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.2.2 (2023-03-30 revision e51014f9c0) [x64-mswin64_140] * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- I am attempting to build/install Ruby 3.2.2 open-source code on Windows using Visual Studio 2019. These are the steps I followed: Using an x64 Native Tools Command Prompt (for Visual Studio 2019).. 1. cd C:\tmp\ruby-3.2.2 2. win32\configure.bat --prefix=C:\Ruby-3.2.2 --target=x64-mswin64 --disable-install-doc 3. nmake 4. nmake install The error (on Step 4): Downloading bundled gem files... `RubyGems' were not loaded. `error_highlight' was not loaded. `did_you_mean' was not loaded. `syntax_suggest' was not loaded. c:/tmp/ruby-3.2.2/tool/downloader.rb:4:in `require': cannot load such file -- fileutils (LoadError) from c:/tmp/ruby-3.2.2/tool/downloader.rb:4:in `<top (required)>' from -e:in `require' NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'c:\tmp\RUBY-3~1.2\ruby.exe' : return code '0x1' Stop. Is this a bug, or operator error? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/