# 0.19.3 in windows?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/0-19-3-in-windows/186270>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [April 3, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/0-19-3-in-windows/186270 "2010-04-03T12:21:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/0-19-3-in-windows/186270/1 "2010-04-03T12:21:11Z")

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Hei Everyone,

```
    i've been trying to get ruby/gnome2 0.19.3 installed on windows 

```

(XP  
service  
pack 2) with no luck. Following the compile guide and hacking my way out  
of a  
lot of small little problems (especially in the extconf.rb’s ) i could  
get to  
the point where rcairo must be installed. I couldn’t get after that,  
msys  
doesn’t seem to see the cairo (GTK2) dlls installed, and the $PATH  
varlable  
includes the gtk bin directory.  
Anyway, what i was looking for is some installer that a user could just  
double  
click on, like the one already existing for 0.16. I guess if that  
there’s no  
way to get that installer (i’ve signaled the issue more than 3 months  
ago with  
no reply) that’s the only way to go but in that case the compile guide  
must be  
rock solid.  
Do anybody have compiled and installed 0.19.3 on windows successfully?  
If so,  
could you give me some advice?

## Thanks in advance!

Andrea D.

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**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/0-19-3-in-windows/186270/2 "2010-04-07T09:51:51Z")

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2010/4/3 Andrea D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> Hei Everyone,
> 
> Â Â Â Â i’ve been trying to get ruby/gnome2 0.19.3 installed on windows (XP  
> service  
> pack 2) with no luck. Following the compile guide and hacking my way out of a  
> lot of small little problems (especially in the extconf.rb’s ) i could get to  
> the point where rcairo must be installed. I couldn’t get after that, msys  
> doesn’t seem to see the cairo (GTK2) dlls installed, and the $PATH varlable  
> includes the gtk bin directory.

Installing rg2 was ok on 1.8 last time I did. On 1.9, it’s quite  
problematic. I have to an install in a few days/weks, I will ping back  
here once done. But I can’t explain right now.

> Anyway, what i was looking for is some installer that a user could just double  
> click on, like the one already existing for 0.16. I guess if that there’s no  
> way to get that installer (i’ve signaled the issue more than 3 months ago with  
> no reply) that’s the only way to go but in that case the compile guide must be  
> rock solid.

I don’t know much about windows installers.

> Do anybody have compiled and installed 0.19.3 on windows successfully? If so,  
> could you give me some advice?

Look for a thread from me and someone else talking about it. Don’t  
have the url handy though.

regards

Simon