Using / downloading Curses on ruby 2.3.0

[OmG3r]

I downloaded curses using "gem install curses", while using ruby 2.3.0 whenever i attempt to start a script in which i used curses i get "

C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.3.0/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:5 5:in require': cannot load such file -- curses.so (LoadError) from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.3.0/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel _require.rb:55:inrequire' from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.3.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/curses-1.2.3-x 86-mingw32/lib/curses.rb:17:in rescue in <top (required)>' from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.3.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/curses-1.2.3-x 86-mingw32/lib/curses.rb:13:in<top (required)>' from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.3.0/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel _require.rb:127:in require' from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.3.0/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel _require.rb:127:inrescue in require' from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.3.0/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel _require.rb:40:in require' from test.rb:1:in

' tried in 3 different computers, all 2.3.0 ruby version

[OmG3r]

After checking other versions, i was able to use the gem on ruby 2.2.6, and unable to use it on ruby 2.4.1

[shugo]

@OmG3r I've released 1.2.4 to fix this problem. Could you try it?

[OmG3r]

Works on ruby 2.3.3, however it does not work on ruby 2.4.1

[plonk]

I'm having the same issue with ruby 2.4.2. It says on the RubyInstaller page that they have switched to the MSYS2 toolkit. Could that somehow be related?

[littlepinkbeast]

This is exactly what I was running into: works fine on 2.3, but not on 2.4 yet.

[soanvig]

This problem only touches Windows users.

[shugo]

This problem has been fixed in 1.2.7 by linking PDCurses statically.