# Is there a HOWTO for compiling against msvcrt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\ **Created:** [December 18, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-howto-for-compiling-against-msvcrt/79719 "2006-12-18T13:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nikolai_W)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-howto-for-compiling-against-msvcrt/79719/1 "2006-12-18T13:51:02Z")
Hi! Does anyone have a HOWTO on how to compile ruby-gnome2 against msvcrt? I need to compile the CVS version for Win32 so that I can use the new “wizard” dialogs. Thanks. nikolai * * * Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join [SourceForge.net](http://SourceForge.net)’s Techsay panel and you’ll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash [http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV](http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV) ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nikolai_W)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-howto-for-compiling-against-msvcrt/79719/2 "2006-12-18T15:27:16Z")
I am also interested in this one. please someone help him (here) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nikolai_W)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-howto-for-compiling-against-msvcrt/79719/3 "2006-12-20T17:05:20Z")
On 12/19/06, Mathieu B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Dobai-Pataky Bálint wrote: > > > I am also interested in this one. > > please someone help him (here) 🙂 > > Besides, I think that it is the main problem that prevents people from > > helping Masao with doing releases… > > (since doing a release requires to provide windows binaries…) I only have Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition (available for free - as in beer), but it does feature the whole compiler suite, so it should be possible to compile ruby-gnome2 with it. nikolai * * * Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join [SourceForge.net](http://SourceForge.net)’s Techsay panel and you’ll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash [http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV](http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV) ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nikolai_W)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-howto-for-compiling-against-msvcrt/79719/4 "2006-12-20T19:04:09Z")
Hi, > I only have Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition (available for > free - as in beer), but it does feature the whole compiler suite, so > it should be possible to compile ruby-gnome2 with it. I mean… Doing a release is time consuming and boring. You have to prepare the packages, do the announcements, update the software repositories (freshmeat, gnomefiles…) and provide pre-compiled binaries for Windows. I don’t think many people on this list except Masao know how to compile RG2 for Windows. This is not extremely difficult but still requires some specific knowledge and many people are not Windows users here. I think that is a bottleneck for the project since if Masao does not have time, the project can not be released even if the source code is ready. Hence the idea of a release manager (who knows how to prepare the binaries) Mathieu * * * Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join [SourceForge.net](http://SourceForge.net)’s Techsay panel and you’ll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash [http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV](http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV) ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@Nikolai\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nikolai_W)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-howto-for-compiling-against-msvcrt/79719/5 "2006-12-20T17:05:19Z")
Dobai-Pataky Bálint wrote: > I am also interested in this one. > please someone help him (here) 🙂 > Besides, I think that it is the main problem that prevents people from > helping Masao with doing releases… (since doing a release requires to provide windows binaries…) If someone acquired the knowledge of compiling RG2 on Windows, we could distinguish the maintainer and release manager’s roles… Mathieu * * * Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join [SourceForge.net](http://SourceForge.net)’s Techsay panel and you’ll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash [http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV](http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV)