Compatibility error while installing Smashing

[Qumera]

No description provided.

[Qumera]

This is a request for support and not a bug (as labelled).

[kinow]

Hi @Qumera , I saw that when you created this issue it had a more detailed description. Did you remove it? If you could include it, I think it would be easier to try to reproduce/debug it, please.

Thanks!

[Qumera]

Hi @kinow, I might have removed it by mistake. I am adding the description here.

I am trying to install Smashing (1.2.0) and facing the following error:
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Encoding::CompatibilityError)
incompatible character encodings: ASCII-8BIT and UTF-8

To reproduce:
gem install smashing

OS: Windows 10
Browser: Chrome Version 83.0.4103.116 (Official Build) (64-bit)
ruby 2.3.3p222 (2016-11-21 revision 56859) [i386-mingw32]
gem 2.5.2

gem list-
actioncable (5.1.3)
actionmailer (5.1.3)
actionpack (5.1.3)
actionview (5.1.3)
activejob (5.1.3)
activemodel (5.1.3)
activerecord (5.1.3)
activerecord-sqlserver-adapter (5.1.1)
activesupport (5.1.3)
arel (8.0.0)
bigdecimal (1.2.8)
builder (3.2.3)
bundler (1.15.3)
coffee-rails (4.2.2)
coffee-script (2.4.1)
coffee-script-source (1.12.2)
concurrent-ruby (1.0.5)
did_you_mean (1.0.0)
erubi (1.6.1)
execjs (2.7.0)
ffi (1.9.18 x86-mingw32)
globalid (0.4.0)
i18n (0.8.6)
io-console (0.4.5)
jquery-rails (4.3.1)
json (1.8.3)
loofah (2.0.3)
mail (2.6.6)
method_source (0.8.2)
mime-types (3.1)
mime-types-data (3.2016.0521)
mini_portile2 (2.3.0)
minitest (5.8.5)
net-telnet (0.1.1)
nio4r (2.1.0)
nokogiri (1.8.1 x86-mingw32)
pg (0.21.0 x86-mingw32)
power_assert (0.2.6)
psych (2.1.0)
rack (2.0.3)
rack-test (0.6.3)
rails (5.1.3)
rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
rails-html-sanitizer (1.0.3)
railties (5.1.3)
rake (12.1.0, 10.4.2)
rb-fsevent (0.10.2)
rb-inotify (0.9.10)
rb-readline (0.5.5)
rdoc (4.2.1)
rubyzip (1.2.1)
sass (3.5.1)
sass-listen (4.0.0)
sass-rails (5.0.6)
sprockets (3.7.1)
sprockets-rails (3.2.1)
sqlite3 (1.3.13 x86-mingw32)
sqlite3-ruby (1.3.3)
test-unit (3.1.5)
thor (0.20.0)
thread_safe (0.3.6)
tilt (2.0.8)
tiny_tds (2.0.0 x86-mingw32)
tzinfo (1.2.3)
websocket-driver (0.6.5)
websocket-extensions (0.1.2)

I have tried most of the solutions on the internet but the issue is not resolved.

Thank you.

[kinow]

Thanks @Qumera ! Will try to reproduce it on a Win 10.

Any reason you couldn't use smashing 1.3.0?

[Qumera]

It is because the rails version I are using has ruby version 2.3 and Smashing 1.3 requires ruby 2.5
But even if I try to install the latest Smashing version I am still facing this error.

[kinow]

It is because the rails version I are using has ruby version 2.3 and Smashing 1.3 requires ruby 2.5

Ah, good point!

But even if I try to install the latest Smashing version I am still facing this error.

Good to know, should make it easier to investigate the problem.

Thanks @Qumera !

[kinow]

Hi @Qumera

Tested with the latest version, on Windows 10 Pro. I installed Ruby with the Linux subsystem, using Ubuntu from Windows store. It took near 1 hour to install everything 👀

Once it was installed, everything worked with no issues.

I installed Ruby 2.7.1 following these instructions with rbenv: https://gorails.com/setup/windows/10

Hope that helps

[Qumera]

Thank you @kinow, I shall try this.

[kinow]

Hi @Qumera ,

I finally found some spare time to try installing Smashing on Windows. I installed the current gem (1.3.4), on Windows 10 pro, with Ruby 3.0.0 (stable, installed with RubyInstaller). Had to also install NPM, and patch two gems.

Updated installation instructions: https://github.com/Smashing/smashing/wiki/Installation#windows

I'd still recommending using Linux if possible, or WSL on Windows. Windows itself being the last option due to the gems issues with Windows.

Hope that helps!
Bruno