From: MikkelFJ <mikkelj-anti-spam@...1.dknet.dk>
Date: 2001-12-16T05:14:29+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28642] Re: SWIG on Windows: where do I find mswin32-ruby16.lib?


"Ross Shaw" <rshaw1961@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:tMlS7.7800$_z.17095@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> I am trying to get SWIG going for Ruby on Win2K so I can build some
> extensions for MQSeries.
>
> The doco says I need to set an environment variable something similar to
> below:
>
> SET RUBY_LIB=D:\ruby\lib\mswin32-ruby16.lib
>
> I am using the 1.6.5-2 distribution one click installer and I can't find
> this file. What is this file and why is it not in my current distribution?
>
> Do I have to go and find it from somewhere else? If so where?
>
> I am planning to use VC 6.0 to create my extensions.

I recently checked out SWIG on windows. I had sort of the same problem.
Solution:
I downloaded the Ruby source and built it. That created the dll an lib file
you are requesting.
It wasn't entirely obvious how to do it.

But it's simple enough:
Go to the Win32 subdirectory. Then execute nmake from the commandline.
A while later you've got fresh copy of a ruby.dll


MikkelFJ