Having trouble installing the Linguist dependencies

[TheWitheredStriker]

Sincere apologies if this is the wrong place to ask (The Q&A description read "Ask the community for help", hence why I came here). I tried installing Linguist's dependencies so I could replace some outdated or even nonexistent grammars (e.g. GML simply uses a C++ grammar), but have had countless troubles in the past installing the dependencies, both with WSL and on an Ubuntu VM (I use Microsoft Windows nearly exclusively). I tried using Git Bash to run script/bootstrap, which seems to have worked initially, but then gave me this:

$ script/bootstrap
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.......
Resolving dependencies...
Using rake 13.0.6
Using public_suffix 4.0.7     
Using addressable 2.8.0       
Using bundler 2.2.29
Using byebug 11.1.3
Fetching charlock_holmes 0.7.7
Installing charlock_holmes 0.7.7 with native extensions
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory:
C:/Users/vande/Documents/GitHub/linguist/vendor/gems/ruby/3.0.0/gems/charlock_holmes-0.7.7/ext/charlock_holmes
C:/Ruby30-x64/bin/ruby.exe -I C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0 -r
./siteconf20220814-165100-zyysdr.rb extconf.rb
checking for -licui18n... no


***************************************************************************************
*********** icu required (brew install icu4c or apt-get install libicu-dev)
***********
***************************************************************************************
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may
need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
        --with-opt-dir
        --without-opt-dir
        --with-opt-include
        --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
        --with-opt-lib
        --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
        --with-make-prog
        --without-make-prog
        --srcdir=.
        --curdir
        --ruby=C:/Ruby30-x64/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
        --with-icu-dir
        --without-icu-dir
        --with-icu-include
        --without-icu-include=${icu-dir}/include
        --with-icu-lib
        --without-icu-lib=${icu-dir}/lib
        --with-icu-i18n-config
        --without-icu-i18n-config
        --with-pkg-config
        --without-pkg-config
        --with-icu-io-config
        --without-icu-io-config
        --with-icu-uc-config
        --without-icu-uc-config
        --with-icui18n-dir
        --without-icui18n-dir
        --with-icui18n-include
        --without-icui18n-include=${icui18n-dir}/include
        --with-icui18n-lib
        --without-icui18n-lib=${icui18n-dir}/lib
        --with-icui18nlib
        --without-icui18nlib

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can
be found here:

C:/Users/vande/Documents/GitHub/linguist/vendor/gems/ruby/3.0.0/extensions/x64-mingw32/3.0.0/charlock_holmes-0.7.7/mkmf.log       

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in
C:/Users/vande/Documents/GitHub/linguist/vendor/gems/ruby/3.0.0/gems/charlock_holmes-0.7.7
for inspection.
Results logged to
C:/Users/vande/Documents/GitHub/linguist/vendor/gems/ruby/3.0.0/extensions/x64-mingw32/3.0.0/charlock_holmes-0.7.7/gem_make.out   

  C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:91:in `run'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/ext/ext_conf_builder.rb:48:in `block in
build'
  C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/tempfile.rb:317:in `open'
  C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/ext/ext_conf_builder.rb:28:in `build'
  C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:157:in `build_extension'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:191:in `block in
build_extensions'
  C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:188:in `each'
  C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:188:in `build_extensions'
  C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems/installer.rb:828:in `build_extensions'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/rubygems_gem_installer.rb:66:in
`build_extensions'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/rubygems_gem_installer.rb:26:in
`install'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/source/rubygems.rb:199:in
`install'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer/gem_installer.rb:54:in
`install'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer/gem_installer.rb:16:in
`install_from_spec'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer/parallel_installer.rb:186:in
`do_install'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer/parallel_installer.rb:171:in
`install_serially'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer/parallel_installer.rb:97:in
`call'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer/parallel_installer.rb:71:in
`call'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer.rb:262:in
`install_in_parallel'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer.rb:209:in
`install'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer.rb:89:in
`block in run'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/process_lock.rb:12:in
`block in lock'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/process_lock.rb:9:in
`open'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/process_lock.rb:9:in
`lock'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer.rb:71:in
`run'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/installer.rb:23:in
`install'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/cli/install.rb:60:in
`run'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/cli.rb:253:in
`block in install'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/settings.rb:131:in
`temporary'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/cli.rb:252:in
`install'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in
`run'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in
`invoke_command'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:392:in
`dispatch'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/cli.rb:31:in
`dispatch'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:485:in
`start'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/cli.rb:25:in
`start'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/exe/bundle:49:in `block
in <top (required)>'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:128:in
`with_friendly_errors'
C:/Ruby30-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/gems/bundler-2.2.29/exe/bundle:37:in `<top
(required)>'
  C:/Ruby30-x64/bin/bundle:23:in `load'
  C:/Ruby30-x64/bin/bundle:23:in `<main>'

An error occurred while installing charlock_holmes (0.7.7), and Bundler cannot
continue.

In Gemfile:
  github-linguist was resolved to 7.19.0, which depends on
    charlock_holmes

The mkmf.log file shows me this:

"pkg-config --exists icu-i18n"
package configuration for icu-i18n is not found
"pkg-config --exists icu-io"
package configuration for icu-io is not found
"pkg-config --exists icu-uc"
package configuration for icu-uc is not found
have_library: checking for -licui18n... -------------------- no

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby30-x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/x64-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby30-x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby30-x64/include/ruby-3.0.0 -I. -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -O3 -fno-fast-math -fstack-protector-strong conftest.c  -L. -LC:/Ruby30-x64/lib -L. -pipe -s -fstack-protector-strong  -m64   -lx64-msvcrt-ruby300  -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi  "
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: #include <winsock2.h>
4: #include <windows.h>
5: int main(int argc, char **argv)
6: {
7:   return !!argv[argc];
8: }
/* end */

"gcc -o conftest.exe -IC:/Ruby30-x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/x64-mingw32 -IC:/Ruby30-x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby/backward -IC:/Ruby30-x64/include/ruby-3.0.0 -I. -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 -DFD_SETSIZE=2048 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600 -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -O3 -fno-fast-math -fstack-protector-strong conftest.c  -L. -LC:/Ruby30-x64/lib -L. -pipe -s -fstack-protector-strong  -m64   -lx64-msvcrt-ruby300 -licui18n  -lshell32 -lws2_32 -liphlpapi -limagehlp -lshlwapi  "
C:/Ruby30-x64/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/10.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -licui18n
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
checked program was:
/* begin */
 1: #include "ruby.h"
 2: 
 3: #include <winsock2.h>
 4: #include <windows.h>
 5: 
 6: /*top*/
 7: extern int t(void);
 8: int main(int argc, char **argv)
 9: {
10:   if (argc > 1000000) {
11:     int (* volatile tp)(void)=(int (*)(void))&t;
12:     printf("%d", (*tp)());
13:   }
14: 
15:   return !!argv[argc];
16: }
17: 
18: int t(void) { ; return 0; }
/* end */

--------------------

I'm not too well-versed in how Linguist works internally, so I don't have a clue what went wrong. All three methods I tried to run Linguist on Windows (WSL, Git Bash, Ubuntu VM through VirtualBox) failed, so I'm not really sure what to do next.

[lildude]

🤔 the reason is quite clear:

***************************************************************************************
*********** icu required (brew install icu4c or apt-get install libicu-dev)
***********
***************************************************************************************
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may
need configuration options.
[...]
"pkg-config --exists icu-i18n"
package configuration for icu-i18n is not found
"pkg-config --exists icu-io"
package configuration for icu-io is not found
"pkg-config --exists icu-uc"
package configuration for icu-uc is not found
have_library: checking for -licui18n... -------------------- no

You need to install this dependency.