From: Hugh Sasse <hgs@...>
Date: 2005-11-22T21:57:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and cygwin: supported?

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Pascal Sartoretti wrote:

> Robert Klemme wrote:
> > What exactly do you mean by this?  cygwin.com maintains a ruby package so
> > in a way you can say it's supported.  
> 
> I didn't know! I just installed Ruby the "regular" way, and wanted to be able
> to invoque it from the Cygwin shell.
> 
> > Which things didn't work for you?
> 
> For instance, when using gem:
> 
> c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe: No such file or directory -- /cygdrive/c/ruby/bin/gem
> (LoadError)

Did you install rubygems in the same way as you installed your
cygwin ruby?  The paths are setup with respect to the ruby you are
using it with.
> 
> I have the feeling that ruby is lost between the Windows and the Cygwin way of
> naming directories.

They are effectively two separate installs.   You probably want your
.bashrc or _bashrc to sort out the paths properly for cygwin as
well.  it should not be looking for ruby stuff in /cygrdrive/c/ruby
because that is the C:\ruby directory that the Windows setup uses,
which has ruby built against different DLL files.  The default ruby
install will put ruby in /usr/local/bin/ruby and so on.  And ruby
built from sources does not have rubygems built in.
> 
> Pascal
> 
        Hugh