By following the thread and considering the fact that my system relies
on the one click installer I assume my only option is having MS VC6.
Is this conclusion correct? (because I failed to understand the
reasons why other compilers are not gonna work :-( ).

./alex
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.w( the_mindstorm )p.


On 7/17/06, Alex Young <alex / blackkettle.org> wrote:
> Alexandru Popescu wrote:
> > Guys any hints for this? Sorry for pushing it to the top, but I am
> > still wondering what shall I use.
> >
> > once again thanks for any hints and ideas,
> Your options are as follows:
>
> - Rely on the kindness of others to provide Win32 builds of C extensions
> that you need.
> - Obtain MS VC6 (somehow) and compile them yourself.
> - Obtain MinGW GCC and friends and compile them yourself.
>
> In the first and second case, you can use the One-Click Installer Ruby.
>   In the third case, you'll either need to compile Ruby yourself, or use
> the MinGW build from ruby-lang.org.
>
> In any of the three cases, you will be relying on the C extension in
> question having been tested on Windows previously, unless you are
> willing to be the test case yourself.
>
> I don't know about Borland's offerings here  - they may or may not be
> appropriate.
>
> My money's on MinGW for the medium-long term.  I believe (Curt?  You
> there?) that the OCI will be converted to a MinGW build in future.
>
> --
> Alex
>
> >
> > ./alex
> > --
> > .w( the_mindstorm )p.
> >
> >
> > On 7/16/06, Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist / gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I know there are Ruby libs outthere that are coming with C extensions.
> >> To get them working you usually do a ruby setup.rb on your
> >> environment. But, having C extensions, they will require that your ENV
> >> has a few more things available (I assume a make, C/C++ compiler at
> >> least).
> >>
> >> My environment is a Win XP machine, but I am not doing anything
> >> related to C/C++ (and I haven't done anything for quite a long
> >> time.... so my knowledge became quite rusty about). I would like to
> >> hear from you, more experienced rubiest, what would be the lightest
> >> env that would allow me to use such Ruby libs (I would like to hear
> >> more options with some pros/cons, so that I can decide which one would
> >> better fit).
> >>
> >> Many thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> ./alex
> >> --
> >> .w( the_mindstorm )p.
> >>
> >
>
>
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