# Ruby\_init\_loadpath() vs Win32 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-init-loadpath-vs-win32/195024 "2010-09-15T14:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phlip)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-init-loadpath-vs-win32/195024/1 "2010-09-15T14:30:23Z")
If I set RUBYLIB to “C:\phlip\tools\ruby-1.9.1-p0” before running an embedded project - linked via Visual Studio to freshly-built LIBs in that build tree - I get $: load paths with site\_ruby off in evil-land: [“C:\phlip\tools\ruby-1.9.1-p0\”, “C:/WINDOWS/system32/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.9.1”, “C:/WINDOWS/system32/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.9.1/i386-msvcr80”, “C:/WINDOWS/system32/lib/ruby/site\_ruby”… ] site\_ruby is neither there nor in the build tree. Then, naturally, require ‘rubygems’ fails, and so on. Please go easy on me, because I only have 10 years experience with Ruby and 20 with C++… ---
**Author:** ![Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phlip)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-init-loadpath-vs-win32/195024/2 "2010-09-15T17:35:23Z")
On Sep 15, 9:28 am, Phlip [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > require ‘rubygems’ fails, and so on. > > Please go easy on me, because I only have 10 years experience with > Ruby and 20 with C++… Are you linking to a shared library of ruby or statically linked? Is VARIABLE\_LIBPATH defined? If not, then it grabs the path of where the shared library is located. Perhaps that could lead to something? (guessing after quick looking at the C code)