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Author Matt.Hickford
Recipients Matt.Hickford, cdavid, n, tarek
Date 2013-11-19.22:47:51
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For comparison, Ruby ships with a package manager, Gem. If a user tries to install a package with C extensions, they are given this user-friendly message:

> Please update your PATH to include build tools or download the DevKit from 'http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads' and follow the instructions at 'http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit'
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