Rubyinstaller devel - Feb 2009 - Building the Character-encodings gem on windows

Hi all,

 

I''m using the ruby dev kit installer available on Akita''s blog
(http://www.akitaonrails.com/2008/7/26/still-playing-with-ruby-on-windows).
After installing it, I updated the ruby gems to version 1.3.1 and installed
rails 2.2.2. 

 

My goal was to have a build environment so that I could install the
character-encodings gem for windows xp. I need this gem to be able to use
rfeedparser. When I try to install character-encodings, it starts the build
and then chokes at the make part. I''ve also tried this in cygwin, with
the
same error, and now I''m at my wit''s end! :-)

 

Have any of you ever successfully installed the character-encodings gem on
windows using the environment created by the ruby installer, or do you know
anyone who has? I''ve googled extensively and found nothing helpful. 

 

Thanks,

-Jon

 

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Jon <snoodger4eva at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I''m using the ruby dev kit installer available on Akita''s
blog
> (http://www.akitaonrails.com/2008/7/26/still-playing-with-ruby-on-windows).
> After installing it, I updated the ruby gems to version 1.3.1 and installed
> rails 2.2.2.
>
>
>
> My goal was to have a build environment so that I could install the
> character-encodings gem for windows xp. I need this gem to be able to use
> rfeedparser. When I try to install character-encodings, it starts the build
> and then chokes at the make part. I''ve also tried this in cygwin,
with the
> same error, and now I''m at my wit''s end! J
>
>
>
> Have any of you ever successfully installed the character-encodings gem on
> windows using the environment created by the ruby installer, or do you know
> anyone who has? I''ve googled extensively and found nothing
helpful.
>
>
Just tried to build using gcc 3.4.5 an 1.8.6-p114 (mingw):

http://gist.github.com/61769

Taking in consideration Roger comments and that output, looks like
something needs to be tweaked in the encoding files itself.

Wonder if these encoding files originally were a shared object
(so/dll) and they merged with the extension.

I''ll take a look later this week. Looks interesting to get it working,
but I''m in the middle of a hectic week :-P

-- 
Luis Lavena
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry