Berger, Daniel
3/6/2006 3:45:00 PM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtilley [mailto:rtilley@vt.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:44 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: installing win32-process
>
>
> Can this be installed with gem?
>
> I don't have a C compiler. According to the README in the
> win32-process-0.3.2 zip file, I need one to install. Why
> can't I use gem
> to get it?
>
> When I do 'gem query --remote --name-matches win32' I see these gems:
>
> win32-clipboard
> win32-sapi
> win32-service
> win32-sound
>
> But none of the other win32 packages.
>
> I'm new to Ruby, perhaps I'm doing something wrong. Any tips?
There isn't a gem yet for win32-process. Your best option is to either
use the win32utils-installer, which contains a installs a series of
precompiled binaries, or to download the process-0.3.2.so file on the
RubyForge 'files' page (and rename it to process.so), and install it by
hand.
Regards,
Dan