From: Walton Hoops Date: 2010-09-16T07:15:52+09:00 Subject: Re: What OS do you use for Ruby development? On 9/15/2010 2:33 PM, Ed Howland wrote: > Thanks, I understand now. So you install the DevKit (which contains > mingw) once. Then you can build gems with native extensions or other > extconf libraries. > > Sorry if this is OT, but I'd also like to ask if this can work with > RVM. If you install the DevKit, can you then use rvm to install (and > presumably compile) other rubies? No. DevKit is Windows only, and RVM is *nix only. You can however use Pik http://github.com/vertiginous/pik#readme