Help, I can't compile an extension on windows

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Then you must not have the platform SDK. You should have a directory like 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2'. There should be an 'include' subdirectory there, and that's where your windows.h file should be.

Regards,

Dan

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lionel Thiry [mailto:lthiryidontwantspam@skynetnospam.be]
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:50 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: help, I can't compile an extension on windows

ES a écrit :
> Le 5/6/2005, "Lionel Thiry" <lthiryidontwantspam@skynetnospam.be> a > > écrit: > > > >>Daniel Berger a écrit :
>>
>>>Lionel Thiry wrote:
>>>
>>>>I launch it, I then launch make (the mingw version of
make, I don't
>>>>have M$ make. Someone know where I can freely get it?)
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?WindowsCompiler
>>>
>>>If you follow these instructions, you should have nmake.
>>>
>>
>>I have it now, and it still don't work. There is something about a
>>missing windows.h that I can't find anywhere. I can't find
excepted in
>>my MinGw include dir, but if I add it to the INCLUDE var, I get
>>another bunch of errors (probably some kind of incompatibilities
>>between cl compiler and mingw headers)
>
>
> You should not be mixing cl and MinGW...

I haven't. This what I tried to explained: if I mix them, I
get errors, so I don't.

> use whichever tool your
> version of Ruby was compiled with. You can get the MS tools
as a free
> (your soul does not count) download if you need them.

I already have all the MS tools I should use: nmake, cl,
link, and the headers and libs, and so on. But I got the
error of windows.h missing, and there are no windows.h
anywhere in MS include stuff.

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I already have all the MS tools I should use: nmake, cl,
link, and the headers and libs, and so on. But I got the
error of windows.h missing, and there are no windows.h
anywhere in MS include stuff.

Then you must not have the platform SDK. You should have a directory like 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2'. There should be an 'include' subdirectory there, and that's where your windows.h file should be.

It's probably that that was missing. I've hesitated much before
isntalling that as it is a big piece to download. I guess I can't avoid it.

Thanks

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Berger, Daniel a écrit :

From: Lionel Thiry [mailto:lthiryidontwantspam@skynetnospam.be]
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:50 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: help, I can't compile an extension on windows

ES a écrit :

Lionel Thiry wrote:

I launch it, I then launch make (the mingw version of

make, I don't

have M$ make. Someone know where I can freely get it?)

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?WindowsCompiler

If you follow these instructions, you should have nmake.

I have it now, and it still don't work. There is something about a
missing windows.h that I can't find anywhere. I can't find

excepted in

my MinGw include dir, but if I add it to the INCLUDE var, I get
another bunch of errors (probably some kind of incompatibilities
between cl compiler and mingw headers)

You should not be mixing cl and MinGW...

I haven't. This what I tried to explained: if I mix them, I
get errors, so I don't.

use whichever tool your
version of Ruby was compiled with. You can get the MS tools

as a free

(your soul does not count) download if you need them.

I already have all the MS tools I should use: nmake, cl,
link, and the headers and libs, and so on. But I got the
error of windows.h missing, and there are no windows.h
anywhere in MS include stuff.

Then you must not have the platform SDK. You should have a directory like 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2'. There should be an 'include' subdirectory there, and that's where your windows.h file should be.

It perfectly works now, thanks a lot.

....

Oh well, no, I forget something. I had to double quote the value of
srcdir in the Makefile generated or cl messes with the spaces.

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Le 5/6/2005, "Lionel Thiry" <lthiryidontwantspam@skynetnospam.be> a >>>écrit: >>> >>> >>>>Daniel Berger a écrit :

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