# Compile Ruby9i on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 14, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compile-ruby9i-on-windows/52462 "2006-01-14T17:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bertram_S)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compile-ruby9i-on-windows/52462/1 "2006-01-14T17:41:05Z")
Hi, in my company we use Oracle and Windows :-(. Now, I would like at least to start for some quick-and-dirty solutions to use Ruby. Maybe my boss could be convinced it’s worth a closer look. I’m afraid, I don’t succeed to compile the [http://ruby9i.sourceforge.net/](http://ruby9i.sourceforge.net/) library at all. I get loads of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own OCI (Oracle from C) programs with MSVC (by the way: C plugins, too). I would build a project file of my own but as I see the Ruby installation includes “.so” files. I don’t know what restrictions to use to build DLLs that can be renamed to that type. Could anyone please give me a short description of what is to do? Thanks in advance, Bertram ---
**Author:** ![Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bertram_S)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compile-ruby9i-on-windows/52462/2 "2006-01-14T20:07:07Z")
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:38:19 +0100, Bertram S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own > > Thanks in advance, > > Bertram A .so is a .dll. They’re compiled basically the same way, just remember to export the Init\_\* functions. (Or for qnd jobs, export all functions, you can always optimize later). If you have the time, you might want to give the file “rbconfig.rb” a read, pretty much everything the extension configuration scripts use is there. Also, a little bit of POSIX goes a long way. A lot of Makefile generators count on you using a sh-compatible shell, POSIX CLI tools, and gcc compiler flags. You might try switching to a cygwin or mingw build of ruby if you plan to use extensions a lot. David V. ---
**Author:** ![Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bertram_S)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compile-ruby9i-on-windows/52462/3 "2006-01-16T00:48:23Z")
On 1/14/06, Bertram S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own > > Thanks in advance, > > Bertram I only tried to make Ruby9i work for a short time, before deciding that the Ruby-oci8 interface was more recently maintained, and more popular: [http://www.jiubao.org/ruby-oci8/](http://www.jiubao.org/ruby-oci8/) I’m using this (on Windows and otherwise) for a number of production tasks and Rails systems, and it works well. Conveniently, it also has a binary download for Windows, so you won’t need to compile anything. ---
**Author:** ![Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bertram_S)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compile-ruby9i-on-windows/52462/4 "2006-01-16T19:20:06Z")
Hi, Am Sonntag, 15. Jan 2006, 04:05:56 +0900 schrieb David V.: > A .so is a .dll. They’re compiled basically the same way, just remember to > export the Init\_\* functions. (Or for qnd jobs, export all functions, you > can always optimize later). If you have the time, you might want to give > the file “rbconfig.rb” a read, pretty much everything the extension > configuration scripts use is there. Phew, I had to edit all the source files and put the variable declarations in front of the statements. Now it compiles and works great. Thank you! > You might try switching to a cygwin or mingw build of ruby > if you plan to use extensions a lot. That will be the next step … Bertram ---
**Author:** ![Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Bertram\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bertram_S)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compile-ruby9i-on-windows/52462/5 "2006-01-16T20:26:24Z")
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:19:19 +0100, Bertram S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own > > > Phew, I had to edit all the source files and put the > > > variable declarations in front of the statements. Oh dear. Someone dared to forget to code in that bleeding-edge experimental new shiny C99 . Arguably the thing I hated most about C. _mutters about Borland Turbo C colleges_ > Now it compiles and works great. Thank you! Hoolay! If that was all that was needed, you’re lucky, I can’t get even “nonsense” like iconv and fastcgi to build out of the box. David V.