Re: Serial Port Control with Ruby win32serial-0.5

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Would you be able to give me a brief description install procedure for http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-serialport/ 1. What path to install to 2. I see after extracting that the file is an Apache Loadable Module....what is that? How do I handle this install? John Bartels Felipe Navas wrote: > You don't have nmake. > Get nmake on http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q132084 > And follow the steps again. > > There is another library for serial port: > http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-serialport/ > That's work fine with me. > > []'s > > On 1/21/07, jtb / hikearizona.com <prairietrees / gmail.com> wrote: > > I tried that with no luck. Wondering, should I be extracting to a > > certain directory? I'm just extracting the files to my c:ruby > > directory. The extraction tool actually puts them in > > c:\ruby\win32serial. I run the extconf.rb file and get "creating > > makefile" so that appears to work. But after that I'm in trouble > > doing a make or nmake. Should there be more the the command 'make' > > like ruby or a directory designation? > > > > > > Harry wrote: > > > On 1/21/07, jtb / hikearizona.com <prairietrees / gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have downloaded win32serial-0.5 and am trying to install in a Windows > > > > XP machine. The readme file list the following steps: > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > [How to install] > > > > 1. unzip win32serial-x.x.zip > > > > 2. ruby extconf.rb > > > > 3. make (or nmake) > > > > 4. make install > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > >From a WindowsCommand prompt: > > > > Steps 1. and 2. are no problem. > > > > Step 3 gives me an error: > > > > 'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > > > > operable program or batch file. > > > > > > > > Please help. I could do what I need to do in Visual Basic, but am > > > > trying to convert to Ruby and REALLY want to go with Ruby. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I installed Win32serial a few months ago and if I remember correctly, > > > nmake worked. > > > Give it a shot. > > > > > > Harry > > > -- > > > http://www.kakueki.com/ruby/list.html > > > > > > > > > -- > (.) CAMPANHA DA FITA ASCII ( http://arc.pasp.de/) > / \ Contra formatos proprietarios