From: Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@...>
Date: 2006-07-22T03:24:17+09:00
Subject: Re: where to get required/recommended dll's on win32

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On 7/21/06, simonh <simonharrison@fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi. I'm wanting to try out ruby 1.8.5 preview2 on microsoft windows.
> Does anyone know of a list of needed/recommended dll's and other odds
> and sods needed? I thought of copying the dll's from the 'one click
> installer' but maybe they are not fully compatible with latest ruby
> preview. In particular, I have hunted for pdcurses 2.8 dll but can't
> find it.
> I'm happy to try my hand at compiling from source if anyone can point
> me in the right direction for a newbie. I've looked at mingw but it
> seems I need to download a whole bunch of packages.
>
> many thanks for any tips



That depends on what compiler you are using to build Ruby. If you are using
VC++6 then you are in luck, and most extensions are readily available in
binary form. If you are using any other compiler then you will most likely
have to build everything from source.

See this thread for details on the issues:

http://www.nabble.com/One-Click-Installer%3A-MinGW--or-VC2005--tf1961178.html

Curt

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