I’m trying to install the “ibm_db” gem and verify the installation. I’m running on Windows 7 and I’m trying
to use 32bit for everything. The database that I need to connect to is DB2 on an IBM iSeries. Below are the steps I’m
using so far.

    •	gem install “ibm_db”
    •	irb
    •	require “ibm_db”

I get the following results:

    c:\Users\Bob\RubymineProjects\beginruby>gem install ibm_db
    Fetching: ibm_db-2.5.11-x86-mingw32.gem (100%)
    Successfully installed ibm_db-2.5.11-x86-mingw32
    1 gem installed
    Installing ri documentation for ibm_db-2.5.11-x86-mingw32...
    Installing RDoc documentation for ibm_db-2.5.11-x86-mingw32...
    
    c:\Users\Bob\RubymineProjects\beginruby>gem list
    
    *** LOCAL GEMS ***
    
    abstract (1.0.0)
    actionmailer (3.2.9, 3.2.7, 3.2.3, 3.1.8, 3.0.12, 3.0.1)
    actionpack (3.2.9, 3.2.7, 3.2.3, 3.1.8, 3.0.12, 3.0.1)
    activemodel (3.2.9, 3.2.7, 3.2.3, 3.1.8, 3.0.12, 3.0.1)
    activerecord (3.2.9, 3.2.7, 3.2.3, 3.1.8, 3.0.12, 3.0.1)
    activeresource (3.2.9, 3.2.7, 3.2.3, 3.1.8, 3.0.12, 3.0.1)
    activesupport (3.2.9, 3.2.7, 3.2.3, 3.1.8, 3.0.12, 3.0.1)
    addressable (2.3.2)
    annotate (2.5.0, 2.4.1.beta1, 2.4.0)
    archive-tar-minitar (0.5.2)
    arel (3.0.2, 2.2.3, 2.0.10, 1.0.1)
    autotest (4.4.6, 4.3.2)
    autotest-fsevent (0.2.8)
    autotest-growl (0.2.16)
    autotest-rails (4.1.2)
    autotest-rails-pure (4.1.2, 4.1.0)
    bcrypt-ruby (3.0.1 x86-mingw32)
    bigdecimal (1.1.0)
    bootstrap-sass (2.2.1.1, 2.0.0)
    bootstrap-will_paginate (0.0.9, 0.0.6)
    builder (3.1.4, 3.0.4, 2.1.2)
    bundler (1.2.3, 1.0.22)
    capybara (2.0.1, 2.0.0, 1.1.3, 1.1.2)
    childprocess (0.3.6)
    coderay (1.0.8)
    coffee-rails (3.2.2, 3.1.1)
    coffee-script (2.2.0)
    coffee-script-source (1.4.0)
    columnize (0.3.6)
    cucumber (1.2.1)
    cucumber-rails (1.3.0, 1.2.1)
    database_cleaner (0.9.1, 0.7.0)
    debugger-ruby_core_source (1.1.5)
    diff-lcs (1.1.3)
    erubis (2.7.0, 2.6.6)
    excon (0.16.10)
    execjs (1.4.0)
    factory_girl (4.1.0, 2.3.2, 1.3.3)
    factory_girl_rails (4.1.0, 1.4.0, 1.0)
    faker (1.1.2, 1.0.1, 0.3.1)
    ffi (1.2.0 x86-mingw32, 1.1.5 x86-mingw32)
    gherkin (2.11.5 x86-mingw32)
    gravatar_image_tag (1.1.3, 1.0.0.pre2, 0.1.0)
    guard (1.5.4)
    guard-rspec (2.3.1, 2.3.0, 0.5.5)
    guard-spork (1.4.0, 0.3.2)
    heroku (2.33.3, 2.33.2, 2.33.1)
    heroku-api (0.3.7, 0.3.6)
    hike (1.2.1)
    hpricot (0.8.6)
    i18n (0.6.1, 0.5.0, 0.4.2)
    ibm_db (2.5.11 x86-mingw32)
    io-console (0.3)
    journey (1.0.4)
    jquery-rails (2.1.4, 2.1.3)
    json (1.7.5, 1.5.4)
    launchy (2.1.2)
    libwebsocket (0.1.7.1, 0.1.6.1, 0.1.6)
    linecache19 (0.5.13, 0.5.12)
    listen (0.6.0, 0.5.3)
    lumberjack (1.0.2)
    mail (2.5.3, 2.5.2, 2.4.4, 2.3.3, 2.2.19)
    method_source (0.8.1)
    mime-types (1.19)
    minitest (4.3.3, 4.3.2, 2.5.1)
    multi_json (1.5.0, 1.4.0, 1.3.7, 1.2.0)
    netrc (0.7.7)
    nokogiri (1.5.5 x86-mingw32)
    pg (0.14.1 x86-mingw32, 0.12.2 x86-mingw32)
    polyglot (0.3.3)
    pry (0.9.10 i386-mingw32)
    rack (1.4.1, 1.3.6, 1.2.5)
    rack-cache (1.2)
    rack-mount (0.8.3, 0.6.14)
    rack-ssl (1.3.2)
    rack-test (0.6.2, 0.5.7)
    rails (3.2.9, 3.0.12, 3.0.1)
    railties (3.2.9, 3.2.7, 3.2.3, 3.1.8, 3.0.12, 3.0.1)
    rake (10.0.3, 10.0.2, 10.0.1, 0.9.2.2)
    rbx-require-relative (0.0.9)
    rdiscount (1.6.8)
    rdoc (3.12, 3.9.4)
    RedCloth (4.2.9 x86-mingw32)
    rest-client (1.6.7)
    rspec (2.12.0, 2.6.0)
    rspec-core (2.6.4)
    rspec-expectations (2.12.0, 2.6.0)
    rspec-mocks (2.12.0, 2.10.1, 2.9.0, 2.6.0)
    rspec-rails (2.12.0, 2.6.1)
    ruby-debug-base19x (0.11.30.pre10)
    ruby-debug-ide (0.4.17.beta14)
    ruby_core_source (0.1.5)
    rubyzip (0.9.9)
    sass (3.3.0.alpha.16, 3.2.4, 3.2.3)
    sass-rails (3.2.5, 3.2.4, 3.1.6)
    selenium-webdriver (2.27.1, 2.26.0)
    slop (3.3.3)
    spork (0.9.2, 0.9.0.rc8 x86-mingw32)
    sprockets (2.8.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.1, 2.1.3, 2.0.4)
    sqlite3 (1.3.6 x86-mingw32, 1.3.5 x86-mingw32, 1.3.4 x86-mingw32)
    sqlite3-ruby (1.3.3)
    sys-uname (0.9.0 x86-mingw32)
    thor (0.16.0, 0.14.6)
    tilt (1.3.3)
    treetop (1.4.12)
    tzinfo (0.3.35)
    uglifier (1.3.0, 1.2.3)
    webrat (0.7.3, 0.7.1)
    websocket (1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.2)
    will_paginate (3.0.3, 3.0.pre2)
    win32-process (0.7.0)
    win32console (1.3.2 x86-mingw32)
    xpath (1.0.0, 0.1.4)
    ZenTest (4.8.3, 4.8.2)
    
    c:\Users\Bob\RubymineProjects\beginruby>irb
    irb(main):001:0> gem 'ibm_db'
    => true
    
    rb(main):002:0> require 'ibm_db'
    LoadError: 126: The specified module could not be found.   - C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby
    /gems/1.9.1/gems/ibm_db-2.5.11-x86-mingw32/lib/mswin32/rb19x/ibm_db.so
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:60:i
    n `require'
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:60:i
    n `rescue in require'
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:35:i
    n `require'
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ibm_db-2.5.11-x86-mingw32/lib/m
    swin32/ibm_db.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:55:i
    n `require'
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:55:i
    n `require'
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ibm_db-2.5.11-x86-mingw32/lib/i
    bm_db.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:55:i
    n `require'
            from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:55:i
    n `require'
            from (irb):2
            from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
    irb(main):003:0>