Ruby install failure on windows #23332
Description
When installing gRPC Ruby 1.30.0.pre1 on Windows Server 2019 64bis and running it, it failed with the following error.
C:\Users\veblush\Downloads\ruby>gem install grpc --version 1.30.0.pre1
Fetching grpc-1.30.0.pre1-x64-mingw32.gem
Successfully installed grpc-1.30.0.pre1-x64-mingw32
Parsing documentation for grpc-1.30.0.pre1-x64-mingw32
Installing ri documentation for grpc-1.30.0.pre1-x64-mingw32
Done installing documentation for grpc after 3 seconds
1 gem installed
C:\Users\veblush\Downloads\ruby>ruby
require 'grpc'
ch = GRPC::Core::Channel.new('localhost:1000', nil, :this_channel_is_insecure)
^Z
Traceback (most recent call last):
2: from -:1:in `<main>'
1: from C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:92:in `require'
C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:92:in `require': cannot load such file -- grpc (LoadError)
8: from -:1:in `<main>'
7: from C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:156:in `require'
6: from C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:168:in `rescue in require'
5: from C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:168:in `require'
4: from C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/grpc-1.30.0.pre1-x64-mingw32/src/ruby/lib/grpc.rb:19:in `<top (required)>'
3: from C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/grpc-1.30.0.pre1-x64-mingw32/src/ruby/lib/grpc.rb:19:in `require_relative'
2: from C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/grpc-1.30.0.pre1-x64-mingw32/src/ruby/lib/grpc/grpc.rb:20:in `<top (required)>'
1: from C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:92:in `require'
C:/Ruby27-x64/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:92:in `require': Couldn't find or load gRPC's dynamic C core (LoadError)
But the previous stable version 1.28 was successfully installed on the same machine.
C:\Users\veblush\Downloads\ruby>gem install grpc
Fetching grpc-1.28.0-x64-mingw32.gem
Successfully installed grpc-1.28.0-x64-mingw32
Parsing documentation for grpc-1.28.0-x64-mingw32
Installing ri documentation for grpc-1.28.0-x64-mingw32
Done installing documentation for grpc after 3 seconds
1 gem installed
C:\Users\veblush\Downloads\ruby>ruby
require 'grpc'
ch = GRPC::Core::Channel.new('localhost:1000', nil, :this_channel_is_insecure)
^Z
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