From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2012-04-15T07:04:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling the Ruby 1.9.3 interpreter on Windows 7

Jon,

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 3:21:19 PM, you wrote:

JF> Ralph Shnelvar wrote in post #1056418:
>> Is there a step by step article on what tools would be needed to compile
>> the Ruby interpreter?  That is, where to find the latest Ruby code on
>> Github, the compiler to use, compiler settings,
>> environment variables, etc.
>>

JF> Have you seen the RubyInstaller http://rubyinstaller.org/ project?

JF> It not only provides Windows installers, binary archives, and CHM
JF> documentation, but also maintains a GH repo with build recipes
JF> https://github.com/thecodeshop/ruby for the interpreter, required
JF> dependencies, and a build toolchain we call the DevKit. And the recipes
JF> download all the required artifacts so you don't have to.

JF> Luis Lavena, myself, and the other RubyInstaller committers actively
JF> maintain the project. Luis is also a committer to the official Ruby
JF> repo.

JF> Building can be easier than this, but here's how I build from my local
JF> Ruby repo using an upversion MSYS/MinGW build toolchain.

JF>   rake ruby19 local=c:\Users\Jon\Documents\RubyDev\ruby-git
JF> dkver=mingw-32-4.6.2

JF> The build recipes also can be easily overridden if you want to tweak and
JF> optimize.

JF> Our ML: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller

JF> Getting started links:

JF>   https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/FAQ
JF>   https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Troubleshooting
JF>   https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit

JF> Jon

May the gods bless you.  Thanks!