Hello,
I am still having the problem, that my gem update is not working
correctely and aparently this is related to a missing c-compiler or at
least stdio.h ( Gem (update ?) problem - Ruby - Ruby-Forum )
Is there a downloadable c-compiler to put into the ruby path ?
I do have MS Visual Studio installed on my main computer (where I now
installed ruby and rails as well - but still the same problem as
mentioned before), which should have a c-compiler, but I don’t know how
to make it available for gem.
Any suggestions are very much appreciated.
Best
Peter
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 15:26, Peter K. [email protected] wrote:
mentioned before), which should have a c-compiler, but I don’t know how
to make it available for gem.
Any suggestions are very much appreciated.
- you need ms vc 6.0.
- prior to calling gem install, call vcvars32.bat that will set
environment for compilation
alternatively, search the archive (ruby-forum is just a mirror of
ruby-talk mailing list, so google for “ruby-talk gem windows compiler”
or similar might be useful)
Jano
Jano S. wrote:
- you need ms vc 6.0.
- prior to calling gem install, call vcvars32.bat that will set
environment for compilation
alternatively, search the archive (ruby-forum is just a mirror of
ruby-talk mailing list, so google for “ruby-talk gem windows compiler”
or similar might be useful)
Jano
Thanks a lot, Jano !!
would I just type vcvars.bat in the console (and hit enter) ?
(presumably with the path to vcvars.bat)
and is vcvars.bat part of ms vc 6.0 ( I still have to find it somewhere
for download)
thanks a lot for your great help !!
Best
Peter
Peter K. wrote:
Hello,
I am still having the problem, that my gem update is not working
correctely and aparently this is related to a missing c-compiler or at
least stdio.h ( Gem (update ?) problem - Ruby - Ruby-Forum )
Is there a downloadable c-compiler to put into the ruby path ?
I do have MS Visual Studio installed on my main computer (where I now
installed ruby and rails as well - but still the same problem as
mentioned before), which should have a c-compiler, but I don’t know how
to make it available for gem.
Any suggestions are very much appreciated.
Best
Peter
You could go the mingw compiler route, as well.
has a link in itself to
ruby_devkit-186-p279
which appears to have a ruby install with a built in devkit.
-R
On Monday 11 August 2008 10:17:58 Roger P. wrote:
installed ruby and rails as well - but still the same problem as
Still playing with Ruby on Windows | AkitaOnRails.com
has a link in itself to
ruby_devkit-186-p279
which appears to have a ruby install with a built in devkit.
-R
I have the same problem even though VC6 is installed. There seems to be
a
pathing error in the install script. THe path it looks for seems to be a
unix
path . The install does not deal properly with spaces.
David
David S. wrote:
On Monday 11 August 2008 10:17:58 Roger P. wrote:
installed ruby and rails as well - but still the same problem as
Still playing with Ruby on Windows | AkitaOnRails.com
has a link in itself to
ruby_devkit-186-p279
which appears to have a ruby install with a built in devkit.
-R
I have the same problem even though VC6 is installed. There seems to be
a
pathing error in the install script. THe path it looks for seems to be a
unix
path . The install does not deal properly with spaces.
David
Hi David,
that is bad news - as I was hoping to at least have an option with VC6.
Did you use the above mentioned vcvars.bat command ?
Best
Peter
Hi Roger,
thanks a lot for the hint !!
Do you have any experience with that kit ?
I am sometimes reading that MS VC 6.0 has problems - is that regarging
gems ? Or is it only regarding the size of compiled programms (in which
case I probably don’t have a problem, as I would only use it for native
gems installation).
Are there any pay-offs using ruby_devkit-186-p279 ?
(By the way, it seems difficult to get MS VC 6.0 - or do you have an
idea where to get it ?)
thanks again for your great help
Best
Peter
Dear Peter,
(By the way, it seems difficult to get MS VC 6.0 - or do you have an
idea where to get it ?)
a good place to look is computing books in college/university
libraries…
I managed to get a [German language ] book with CD right in my hometown.
Try this catalogue for a search over many libraries:
http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk/kvk/kvk_en.html
Best regards,
Axel
Peter K. wrote:
Hi Roger,
thanks a lot for the hint !!
Do you have any experience with that kit ?
I am sometimes reading that MS VC 6.0 has problems - is that regarging
gems ? Or is it only regarding the size of compiled programms (in which
case I probably don’t have a problem, as I would only use it for native
gems installation).
I’m not aware of any problems with it, per se.
With regard to this error, it appears that it’s a bug in hpricot’s
latest version, itself–it is missing some quotes in there or
something–so it won’t compile if your compiler is within a directory
that contains spaces. So overcome this by hacking it to make it work or
moving your compiler to a directory without spaces or installing an
older version of that gem which comes with a precompiled binary [in
which case gem update wouldn’t work for it]. Or installing a new
compiler in a directories without spaces.
Are there any pay-offs using ruby_devkit-186-p279 ?
It is rumored to be faster which is the real reason I use it. It’s not
dog slow. The pay off is that it’s easy to install a compiler, that’s
about all I can think of. If you do use it then some precompiled binary
gems MIGHT not work, though–see the web site and its comments. If you
download a gem that comes with a precompiled binary then that binary
needs to have been compiled with the same compiler that compiled your
ruby [in this case mingw] or it might not work. Then again it might.
(By the way, it seems difficult to get MS VC 6.0 - or do you have an
idea where to get it ?)
I haven’t ever tried so I’m not sure.
GL.
-R
Hi Axel, Roger, David, Jano …,
I finally managed to get Visual C 6.0, but now it does not install in
Vista.
Does anybody know how to install it, so that gem would finally work ?
Thanks in advance
Peter