LoadError: no such file to load -- glib2.so

Question

I just installed gtk2 and inteded to follow a tutorial but get LoadError: no such file to load -- glib2.so when I require 'gtk2'.

irb(main):005:0> require 'gtk2'
LoadError: no such file to load -- glib2.so
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/glib2-2.0.0-x86-mingw32/lib/glib2.rb:101
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gtk2-2.0.0-x86-mingw32/lib/gtk2/base.rb:12
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gtk2-2.0.0-x86-mingw32/lib/gtk2.rb:11
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:59:in `gem_original_require'
    from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:59:in `require'
    from (irb):5

ruby 1.8.7 (2010-12-23 patchlevel 330) [i386-mingw32]

gtk2 (2.0.0 x86-mingw32)

How to fix this error?

Answer 1

Once I downloaded and installed the ruby-gnome2-0.16.0-1-i386-mswin32.exe from the Ruby-GNOME2 install guide page it is now working.