From: Jon Forums <lists@...>
Date: 2012-04-06T03:21:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Windows.

Hal Fulton wrote in post #1055034:
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Jon Forums <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>
>> > C:/Program Files/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:368:in `try_do': The
>> > complier failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
>> > You have to install development tools first.
>>
>> The very first thing you should do is reinstall both Ruby and the DevKit
>> to a directory without spaces, say c:\Ruby192 and c:\DevKit. Don't
>> forget to configure the Devkit and run it's `dk.rb` install script.
>>
>>
> Thanks. He got it working. I think it was the space in the dir name.

Excellent. The MSYS/MinGW based DevKit doesn't like spacey dirs.

I highly recommend he look into 1.9.3p125. In addition to other
goodies, 1.9.3p125 contains an important fix for a long-standing Windows
1.9 performance regression that affected Windows usability.

  http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/42686

If he feels adventurous, have him check out

  http://groups.google.com/group/thecodeshop/browse_thread/thread/f017c5a53fdc8c2f

for 1.9.3 edge builds containing both Windows-specific and
multi-platform experimental performance enhancements.

Jon

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