# Setting directory ruby is compiled to (BCC32 & Ruby 1.8.4) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 14, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-directory-ruby-is-compiled-to-bcc32-ruby-1-8-4/63398 "2006-06-14T22:10:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krisleech)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-directory-ruby-is-compiled-to-bcc32-ruby-1-8-4/63398/1 "2006-06-14T22:10:15Z")
I have Ruby compiling fine using Borlands (free) C compiler for Windows. The only problem is I can’t set where ruby is compiled to, it just installs it to the current directory (c:\ruby\src\ruby-1.8.4\bcc32). Normally you can add --prefix=c:\ruby\bin to the configure command and that sets the directory. configure --prefix=c:\ruby\bin make make test make install I don’t use C much so it maybe something basic… Many thanks, K. ---
**Author:** ![krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krisleech)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-directory-ruby-is-compiled-to-bcc32-ruby-1-8-4/63398/2 "2006-06-16T11:53:52Z")
Is there anyone who is using BCC to compile Ruby, I know the standard appears to be MS Visual C/C++. Kris L. wrote: > I have Ruby compiling fine using Borlands (free) C compiler for Windows. > The only problem is I can’t set where ruby is compiled to, it just > installs it to the current directory (c:\ruby\src\ruby-1.8.4\bcc32). > Normally you can add --prefix=c:\ruby\bin to the configure command and > that sets the directory. > > configure --prefix=c:\ruby\bin > make > make test > make install > > I don’t use C much so it maybe something basic… > > Many thanks, K. ---
**Author:** ![krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krisleech)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-directory-ruby-is-compiled-to-bcc32-ruby-1-8-4/63398/3 "2006-06-16T15:49:07Z")
Hi, At Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:10:33 +0900, Kris L. wrote in [ruby-talk:197320]: > configure --prefix=c:\ruby\bin prefix has no effects on Windows at all. > make > make test > make DESTDIR=/path/to/anywhere/you/like/to install ---
**Author:** ![krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krisleech)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-directory-ruby-is-compiled-to-bcc32-ruby-1-8-4/63398/4 "2006-06-17T13:16:01Z")
unknown wrote: > Hi, > > At Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:10:33 +0900, > Kris L. wrote in [ruby-talk:197320]: > > > configure --prefix=c:\ruby\bin > > prefix has no effects on Windows at all. It seemed to using djgpp. Anyways using BCC32 I finally found out: full\_path\_to\_bcc32\configure make make DESTDIR=c:\ruby install > > make > > make test > > make DESTDIR=/path/to/anywhere/you/like/to install ---
**Author:** ![krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krisleech)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-directory-ruby-is-compiled-to-bcc32-ruby-1-8-4/63398/5 "2006-06-19T14:49:47Z")
Hi, At Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:53:54 +0900, Kris L. wrote in [ruby-talk:198001]: > It does not look like BCC32 has the correct configure files. It will > compile Ruby.exe but does not for some reason generate files like > strscan.so which should appear in the lib/1.8/i386-bcc32 (i think thats > correct, its somewhere in lib anyway). A simple helloworld will run, but > anything more and strscan gets used. configure is a shell script, so it can’t run on Windows. There is bcc32/configure.bat for bcc32 instead. ---
**Author:** ![krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krisleech)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-directory-ruby-is-compiled-to-bcc32-ruby-1-8-4/63398/6 "2006-06-19T11:53:39Z")
It does not look like BCC32 has the correct configure files. It will compile Ruby.exe but does not for some reason generate files like strscan.so which should appear in the lib/1.8/i386-bcc32 (i think thats correct, its somewhere in lib anyway). A simple helloworld will run, but anything more and strscan gets used. If I copy strscan from a pre-compiled version (I think which uses Visual C) I get an error about not being able to find init\_\_strscan. ---
**Author:** ![krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@krisleech](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krisleech)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-directory-ruby-is-compiled-to-bcc32-ruby-1-8-4/63398/7 "2006-06-23T11:04:56Z")
Nobuyoshi N. wrote: > Hi, > > At Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:53:54 +0900, > Kris L. wrote in [ruby-talk:198001]: > > > It does not look like BCC32 has the correct configure files. It will > > compile Ruby.exe but does not for some reason generate files like > > strscan.so which should appear in the lib/1.8/i386-bcc32 (i think thats > > correct, its somewhere in lib anyway). A simple helloworld will run, but > > anything more and strscan gets used. > > configure is a shell script, so it can’t run on Windows. There > is bcc32/configure.bat for bcc32 instead. That is what I have been using 🙂 Can anyone confirm that is it possible to compile 1.8.4 or 1.8.2 with Borland BCC32? Thanks.