jekyll serve: cannot load such file hitimes/hitimes (LoadError)

[mgiuffrida]

Windows 8.1 x64. Trying to follow Github.com instructions for gh-pages with jekyll, first time messing with Ruby in quite a while.

• Installed Ruby 2.2.2 via http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/
• Downloaded the DevKit via http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/ and ran devkitvars.bat

Gemfile:

source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'github-pages'

bundle install succeeds
bundle exec jekyll serve fails: D:/dev/Ruby22/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/hitimes-1.2.2-x86-mingw32/lib/hitimes.rb: 37:in```require': cannot load such file -- hitimes/hitimes (LoadError)

After searching the interwebs, I've tried:

• gem uni hitimes
• gem ins hitimes -v 1.2.1 --platform ruby

Error persists.

• gem update --system 2.3.0

Error persists.

Maybe this is an issue with Ruby on Windows?

> ruby -e "require 'hitimes'" -e 'puts Hitimes.measure { sleep 0.1 }'
D:/dev/Ruby22/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in
 `require': cannot load such file -- hitimes/hitimes (LoadError)
    from D:/dev/Ruby22/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from D:/dev/Ruby22/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/hitimes-1.2.2-x86-mingw32/lib/hitimes.rb:37:in `rescue in <top (required)>'
    from D:/dev/Ruby22/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/hitimes-1.2.2-x86-mingw32/lib/hitimes.rb:32:in `<top (required)>'
    from D:/dev/Ruby22/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:135:in `require'
    from D:/dev/Ruby22/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:135:in `rescue in require'
    from D:/dev/Ruby22/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:144:in `require'
    from -e:1:in `<main>'

[parkr]

Yeah, this is a problem with your environment, unfortunately. hitimes has C extensions, which can sometimes not compile properly. Try re-installing the gem. Other than that, we can't be of much help. :(

[mgiuffrida]

Thanks parkr. Somehow trying again this morning I was able to find the solution: hitimes simply doesn't support Ruby 2.2 on Windows yet. copiousfreetime/hitimes#40

Downgrading to Ruby 2.1 allows me to run jekyll serve. I'm leaving this here in case some other lost soul comes across this error (e.g., by following the GitHub pages instructions).

[envygeeks]

@mgiuffrida you can actually edit our Windows gotchas if you want and add that little note: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/blob/master/site/_docs/windows.md

[vincentntang]

thanks mgiuffrida I've been looking everywhere for this, this is the exact error I got and I'm also running windows 8.1. I remember reading about some windows versions not working with the newest versions of ruby

Going back I reran the problem again. This time with Ruby 2.1.9 environment. Results:

So steps taken: (I run windows 8.1)
Install ruby 2.1.9
Install devkit (you linked it above)

command prompt stuff:

gem install jekyll
gem install github-pages
gem install bundler (this fixed the issue)

jekyll new . (wherever you specify the folder for the site)
jekyll serve

it worked