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If you absolutely must have a Windows development environment, you may want to consider a JVM-based scripting language, like Groovy or JRuby. All the cross-platform advantages, none of the woe. Or, not as much, at least (there's always a modicum of woe with anything you decide on). -Ross. On Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Joshua Welker wrote: > I'm using Windows 7 x64 SP1. I am using the most recent RubyInstaller > (2.0.0-p247 x64) and DevKit (DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2-2013022-1432-sfx). > > That's disappointing to hear that most folks use Ruby exclusively in *nix > environments. That really limits its utility for me. I am trying Ruby > because dealing with HTTP in Java is a huge pain, and I was having > difficulties setting up a Python environment in Windows, too (go figure). > > Josh Welker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>] > On Behalf Of > David Mayo > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:44 PM > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Ruby on Windows > > DevKit is a MingW/MSYS wrapper for Windows Ruby development. It might not > be finding it, but he does have a C dev environment. > > I know you cut them out earlier, but would you mind sending some of the C > Header Blather our way? It's probably got some clues as to what's going > on. > > Also - which versions of Windows, RubyInstaller, and DevKit are you using? > > > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > It's probably also possible to get these working within Cygwin. > > Assuming the libraries you need to compile against are available in > > Cygwin, of course. > > > > -Ross. > > > > On Oct 1, 2013, at 4:28 PM, "Michael J. Giarlo" < > > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > Our Windows-based devs all do their Ruby work on Ubuntu and Fedora > > > VMs, FWIW. > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Justin Coyne > > ><[log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > >wrote: > > > > > >> If you see something about C-extensions, it's because the library > > >> is not written in pure Ruby, it is a wrapper around a library written > in C. > > Your > > >> system may not have the C compiler or some of the libraries needed > > >> to compile or link the extension. > > >> > > >> Justin Coyne > > >> > > >> > > >> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]<javascript:;> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> I am attempting to write my first small Ruby app, but I am running > > >>> into major problems just getting off the ground developing in > > >>> Windows. I downloaded the most recent Ruby 2.0 package from > > >>> RubyInstaller. Then I installed DevKit so I could use gems. After > > >>> some fiddling, I was > > finally > > >>> able to install some gems. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Some. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> For any given gem I try to install, there's about a 25% chance > > >>> that I > > get > > >>> this byzantine error: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > >>> > > >>> [.a whole bunch of gibberish about C headers and so forth.] > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> In particular, I am trying to install the Blather XMPP client. I > > >>> am > > >> tempted > > >>> to just give up and develop on Linux, but I am wanting to deploy > > >>> this script to Windows machines and figure I might run into > > >>> problems if I > > >> don't > > >>> develop in Windows. I have Googled the heck out of this issue and > > >>> can't find anything that is similar to my case (the solutions on > > >>> the RubyInstaller Github wiki did not work). Do any of you Ruby > > >>> people know > > >> why > > >>> I might be having this error so frequently in my Windows > environment? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Josh Welker > > >>> > > >>> Information Technology Librarian > > >>> > > >>> James C. Kirkpatrick Library > > >>> > > >>> University of Central Missouri > > >>> > > >>> Warrensburg, MO 64093 > > >>> > > >>> JCKL 2260 > > >>> > > >>> 660.543.8022 > > >>> > > >> > > >