Tips for Windows Users
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bloritsch
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Some of the gems require native compilation, so poor Windows users have been at the mercy of gem makers to supply pre-compiled gems. This is a difficult proposition particularly when you are testing for compatibility with Ruby 1.9. The folks at Ruby Installer (makers of the one-click ruby installer for Windows) have an elegant solution. In their http://rubyinstaller.org/addons.html page they have a “DevKit” that includes GCC and Mingw utilities to compile the native C components. Compilation is slow, particularly compared to OS-X and Linux boxes. (Maybe make this sticky?) |