From: Michael Greenly Date: 2006-04-16T23:47:53+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Install vs. Gimp Install: how to make them both hap Logan Capaldo wrote: > On Apr 15, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Michael Prior wrote: > >> [snip->] >> Q* The GIMP installer informs me about conflicting DLL and >> recommends to rename them. What does this mean? >> A* Another program installed libraries with the same name as those >> used by Gimp where they don't belong. If these files are incompatible >> with the libraries required by the GIMP, the GIMP may either fail to >> load, or work incorrectly. > > I find this difficult to believe. Why should C:\ruby\bin even be in > the path that the GIMP looks for DLLs in? I feel like this is a bug, > either in the ruby installer (it puts that path into the windows > equivalent of ld.conf) or in the gimp (it's just scouring the hard- > drive unnecessarily). Have you tried NOT renaming the the files and > continuing to install the GIMP to see what happens? Because the %PATH% is searched for DLL's this is correct behavior. The only thing you should neeed to do is make sure that the Gimp's path appears before Ruby's in the %PATH% environment variable. Windows looks in the folder containing the executable before looking in the %PATH% for DLLs. Ruby keeps the DLL's in the same folder as the executable, Ruby should alsays find it's own copy. Gimps appear first in the path because you may have external applications trying to link against it. A better all around approach for the Ruby installer should of been just to require the install of GTK+ if you wanted to support it. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.