From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-10-26T03:03:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling Extensions on Windows

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>
> Jim Weirich wrote:
> > I need to compile some ruby extensions on a windows box.  Although I've
> > done this on Linux hundreds of times, I'm not setup for developement on
> > the windows box nor am I very familiar with windows
> development.  What do
> > I need on windows to build ruby C extensions that are
> compatible with the
> > one click installer?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
> You can install MSVC:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
>
> and then:
>
>   - run extconf.rb as usual, and
>
>   - use nmake instead of make.
>
> Or you can use mingw, if you prefer (or demand) gcc. I've found mingw
> output to be compatible with the one-click ruby.

I am probably wrong here, so please correct me...

I seem to recall trying out this free msvc toolkit about 6 to 9 months ago,
and after I installed it I couldn't find nmake anywhere. The compiler would
be pretty useless without nmake, so someone please tell me that I did
something wrong.

Curt