# Experiences building IronRuby from source **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [September 5, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-building-ironruby-from-source/147768 "2008-09-05T08:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hello_Sticky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-building-ironruby-from-source/147768/1 "2008-09-05T08:42:29Z")
Hi, I’ve just downloaded the IronRuby source code because I’d like to create something akin to IronPython’s pyc.py which can put one or more ruby files into an Assembly which I can later load into a partial trust domain and instantiate and run a particular ruby file. First, a few questions on the solution file: 1. What is /svn/trunk/runfirst.cmd? Do I really need stuff put into %USERPROFILE%? I will ultimately be running under [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET). 2. There are many warnings in the various projects about weird references to mscorlib (which is automatically referenced) and “System” without a version. Can I propose a patch with updates to the vcproj files? 3. The Ruby.Console and IronRuby.Tests projects both have a project file reference to “…..\App.config” – is this required? This is a build error. There’s no App.config file in /svn/trunk/ Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hello_Sticky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-building-ironruby-from-source/147768/2 "2008-09-05T08:58:21Z")
Also, any help on generating the Assembly from .rb source files would be appreciated. Is there any equivalent to IronPython’s ClrModule. CompileModules? Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hello_Sticky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-building-ironruby-from-source/147768/3 "2008-09-05T17:31:12Z")
KE: > Also, any help on generating the Assembly from .rb source files would > be appreciated. Is there any equivalent to IronPython’s ClrModule. > CompileModules? This isn’t supported today, but we’re working on a solution. Not sure what the ETA is right now though. Thanks, -John ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hello_Sticky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-building-ironruby-from-source/147768/4 "2008-09-05T17:32:22Z")
Hello Sticky: > 1. What is /svn/trunk/runfirst.cmd? Do I really need stuff put into > %USERPROFILE%? I will ultimately be running under [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET). Yes, if you want to run the RubySpec test suite. > 1. There are many warnings in the various projects about weird > references to mscorlib (which is automatically referenced) and “System” > without a version. Can I propose a patch with updates to the vcproj > files? Can you provide details? I don’t see them here. > 1. The Ruby.Console and IronRuby.Tests projects both have a project > file reference to “…..\App.config” – is this required? This is a > build error. There’s no App.config file in /svn/trunk/ I omitted this file by mistake (it’s a strange special case in our mirroring script), but it’s fixed in r140 which I just committed. Thanks, -John ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hello_Sticky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-building-ironruby-from-source/147768/5 "2008-09-05T18:01:43Z")
> From a clean checkout: Warning 1 The referenced component ‘mscorlib’ could not be found. Warning 2 The referenced component ‘System’ could not be found. Warning 3 The referenced component ‘mscorlib’ could not be found. Warning 4 The referenced component ‘System’ could not be found. Warning 5 The referenced component ‘mscorlib’ could not be found. Warning 6 The referenced component ‘[System.Net](http://System.Net)’ could not be found. Warning 7 The referenced component ‘System’ could not be found. Warning 8 The referenced component ‘mscorlib’ could not be found. Warning 9 The referenced component ‘System’ could not be found. Warning 10 The referenced component ‘[System.Net](http://System.Net)’ could not be found. Visual Studio doesn’t report which project the warning is for, but double clicking on each warning goes to the problematic reference. For example, in src/ironruby/Ruby.csproj: ``` False $(SilverlightSdkPath)\mscorlib.dll False $(SilverlightSdkPath)\System.Net.dll False $(SilverlightSdkPath)\System.dll I don’t have the Silverlight SDK installed, is this required? IronPython has Silverlight support, but doesn’t have these types of references in its .csproj files. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hello_Sticky)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-building-ironruby-from-source/147768/6 "2008-09-11T00:44:55Z")
You don’t need the Silverlight SDK installed … just the Silverlight Runtime. If you look at the value of $SilverlightSdkPath, it should point to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\2.0.30523.8” … if so, then you build will succeed for Silverlight. If not, then you should make it point to that path. IF you don’t have Silverlight installed, then you shouldn’t be building for Silverlight =P ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Hello\_Sticky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hello_Sticky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-building-ironruby-from-source/147768/7 "2008-09-05T18:02:53Z")
This is for building Silverlight. Silverlight builds against a different version of the CLR. You should ignore these warnings.