athityakumar / athityakumar/colorls

Installation problem on Windows. MSYS2

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Description

### Description

Hello community,
I wish to try this amazing tool on my configuration: Windows 11 + MSYS2 + ZSH

```
❯ echo $0
zsh
❯ echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/zsh
❯ ruby -v
ruby 3.2.2 (2023-03-30 revision e51014f9c0) [x86_64-cygwin]
```

```
❯ gem install colorls
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing colorls:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: /home/deiku/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.2.0/gems/clocale-0.0.4/ext/clocale
/usr/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
checking for locale.h... *** 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.

Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/usr/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
--with-locale-dir
--without-locale-dir
--with-locale-include
--without-locale-include=${locale-dir}/include
--with-locale-lib
--without-locale-lib=${locale-dir}/lib
/usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:490:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.

from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:616:in `block in try_compile'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:565:in `with_werror'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:616:in `try_compile'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:1157:in `block in have_header'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:989:in `block in checking_for'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:354:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:324:in `open'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:354:in `block in postpone'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:324:in `open'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:350:in `postpone'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:988:in `checking_for'
from /usr/lib/ruby/3.2.0/mkmf.rb:1156:in `have_header'
from extconf.rb:9:in `'

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

/home/deiku/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.2.0/extensions/x86_64-cygwin/3.2.0/clocale-0.0.4/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /home/deiku/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.2.0/gems/clocale-0.0.4 for inspection.
Results logged to /home/deiku/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.2.0/extensions/x86_64-cygwin/3.2.0/clocale-0.0.4/gem_make.out
```

I'm not familiar with Ruby, can you please help guide me how can I install and try it?

- Relevant Issues : (none)
- Relevant PRs : (none)
- Type of issue :
- [ X] Installation
- [ ] Font-related
- [ ] Feature request
- [ ] Bug in existing feature
- [ ] Developer mode : Code quality / Tests / Documentation

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Research direction

Reproduce `gem install colorls` in the reported Windows 11, MSYS2, and ZSH environment, then inspect the `mkmf.log` path shown for the `clocale` native extension and the failing `extconf.rb` check. Done means identifying a project-relevant resolution for the failed installation and confirming that the gem installs successfully.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby, zsh
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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