From: Yusuf Celik Date: 2007-07-19T21:59:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Building ruby with bcc32 Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote: Thank you thank you and thank you Nobuyoshi, I managed finally, could not do without your help. installed autoconf, gcc and some other packages (binutils etc...) packages under Devel category. And typed the command as you said (I don't even know what all in the command line but it is ok) autoconf && ./configure CC='gcc -mno-cygwin' && make && make install DESTDIR="anywhere you want install to" And then bang! it worked. From my understanding, it is NOT possible to build ruby under Win cmd prompt using gcc (MinGW) without Cygwin. Thanks Nobuyoshi again I really appreciate you help. With kindest regards yc > You need to install autoconf package too, of Devel category in > "Select Packages" menu of setup.exe. Maybe, you'd say "I don't > have gcc" next, and "configure says error: `C compiler cannot > create executables'" then. You need to install gcc, binutils, > bison and gcc-mingw packages too. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.