# Trying to compile Mongrel with nmake **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 1, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-compile-mongrel-with-nmake/100028 "2006-02-01T23:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![olleolleolle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@olleolleolle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/olleolleolle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-compile-mongrel-with-nmake/100028/1 "2006-02-01T23:46:33Z")
Hi group, My name is Olle, and I’m on Windows at the moment, and I procrastinate from work by trying to get nmake to compile the Mongrel gem. (I’m a beginner at compiling.) I got the nmake1.5 from Microsoft’s website, after following the advice of a blog post on a Perl website. [Make for Microsoft Windows: NMake](http://johnbokma.com/perl/make-for-windows.html). I stuck the nmake.exe and nmake.err in the ruby/bin folder. From there, I could run it. 1. Is nmake 1.50 good enough to compile Mongrel? 2. First I got two error messages from nmake, is this normal behaviour when compiling gems on Windows? Text-chunk #1 shows these messages. 3. After this, the ouput was as Text-chunk #2 indicates, a Ruby check for the main() function in the c.lib from Mongrel. With the answer “no”. I take it that this indicates a failure. 4. After the nmake lines I have the happy messages: Successfully installed mongrel, version 0.1.0 Installing RDoc documentation for mongrel-0.1.0… (I take it these messages are false alarms.) When I try and run the included script at [http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/) under the heading “Usage”, I get an error: (No such file to load – mongrel (LoadError)). Changing the require to require\_gem gave antoher error on the first line where Mongrel is mentioned: uninitialized constant Mongrel (NameError) What would you do in this case? Where can I find out more on nmake and gems? Thanks in advance, Olle Jonsson ===Text-chunk #1:=== C:\Documents and Settings\olle\>gem install mongrel Attempting local installation of ‘mongrel’ Building native extensions. This could take a while… Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. ‘cl’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe’ : return code ‘0x1’ Stop. Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. ‘cl’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe’ : return code ‘0x1’ Stop. ===Text-chunk #2:=== ruby extconf.rb install mongrel checking for main() in c.lib… no creating Makefile ---
**Author:** ![olleolleolle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@olleolleolle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/olleolleolle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-compile-mongrel-with-nmake/100028/2 "2006-02-02T01:30:34Z")
On 01/02/06, olleolleolle [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi group, > > My name is Olle, and I’m on Windows at the moment, and I procrastinate > from work by trying to get nmake to compile the Mongrel gem. (I’m a > beginner at compiling.) You need a C++ compiler. -austin ---
**Author:** ![olleolleolle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@olleolleolle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/olleolleolle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-compile-mongrel-with-nmake/100028/3 "2006-02-02T01:48:52Z")
On Feb 1, 2006, at 4:47 PM, olleolleolle wrote: > and nmake.err in the ruby/bin folder. From there, I could run it. As Austin mentioned before I think you need the entire Microsoft VC++ set of tools. I believe you can get these for free now, but I’m not quite sure if those will build modules for Ruby. I’m actually looking to build a pre-compiled gem for win32 and osx in the near future. > 1. Is nmake 1.50 good enough to compile Mongrel? Sorry, no idea really. I don’t do as many win32 builds as I should. \> 4. After the nmake lines I have the happy messages: \> \> Successfully installed mongrel, version 0.1.0 \> Installing RDoc documentation for mongrel-0.1.0... \> Darn, looks like it still says 0.1.0 for the version. I'll have to update as it \*should\* be 0.2.0. > When I try and run the included script at http:// > [mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/) > under the heading “Usage”, I get an error: Yeah, something is up. I’d say keep tinkering if you want, but mostly you’re probably better off waiting for the next release and using the pre-built gems I want to do. Zed A. Shaw > **[Zed A. shaw](https://zedshaw.com/)** > > Personal essays and writings by Zed A. Shaw.