FAQ

Installation

Troubleshooting

If you get an error like this when installing the gem:

ERROR:  Error installing discordrb:
        The 'websocket-driver' native gem requires installed build tools.

You're missing the development kit required to build native extensions.

RubyInstaller for ruby 2.4.3-2 and above

RubyInstaller after version 2.3.3 now includes the development kit in the installer. If you do not have the development kit and have installed ruby using RubyInstaller, open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run:

ridk install

Select option 3, and then run

ridk enable

To enable the changes

If Ruby complains about ffi_c not being able to be found:

For example

C:/Ruby25-x64/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- ffi_c (LoadError)

Your ffi setup is screwed up, first run gem uninstall ffi (uninstall all versions if it asks you, say yes to any unmet dependencies), then run gem install ffi --platform=ruby to fix it. If it says something about build tools, follow the steps in the first troubleshooting section.

If you're having trouble getting voice playback to work:

Look here: https://github.com/shardlab/discordrb/wiki/Voice-sending#troubleshooting