From: Wyss Clemens <WYS@...>
Date: 2001-11-22T16:37:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26121] Re: Compiling Ruby Extensions in Windows

...did you install cygwin using the http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe ?
This online-installer provides an easy-to-use GUI, which allows you to
install not only the cygwin-shell but also all other cygwin tools (e.g. gcc,
binutils, vim,...) you need

Clemens

> -----Original Message-----
> From: billtj@glue.umd.edu [mailto:billtj@glue.umd.edu]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 22. November 2001 06:15
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: [ruby-talk:26108] Re: Compiling Ruby Extensions in Windows
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for your pointers.  I just upgraded my Windows Ruby to 1.6.5
> and I also just installed Cygwin 1.3.5.  It looks pretty cool, but...
> it turns out the Cygwin installation does not include gcc (and make). 
> It is pretty strange, because a lot of explanations on the Cygwin web
> page mentions gcc but they don't tell how to obtain and install gcc.
> 
> So my next question is: how do I get gcc?  Should I try to get it from
> the GNU site, or should I try to install mingw?  (Will cygwin and gcc
> then talk seamlessly?)  Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bill
> ==============================================================
> ================
> Stefan Schmiedl <s@xss.de> wrote in message 
> news:<20011121162457.A14575@workhorse>...
> > 
> > yes. search the web for a download of "cygwin" or "mingw" 
> and you get two
> > incarnations of extconf.rb's favourite compiler.
> > cygwin is pretty cool, as it aims at providing unix on windows.
> > you get a bash-console and lots of neat unix utils, too.
> > 
> > get cygwin and do what everybody else does on unix.
> > of course there will be specific differences.
> > 
> > have fun.
> > 
> > s.
>