# Help on installing ruby-qt on windowsXP

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/help-on-installing-ruby-qt-on-windowsxp/1790>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [16 September 2002 20:58 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/help-on-installing-ruby-qt-on-windowsxp/1790 "2002-09-16T20:58:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Volkmann\_Mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@Volkmann\_Mark](https://rubytalk.org/u/Volkmann_Mark)\
**Post date:** [16 September 2002 20:58 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/help-on-installing-ruby-qt-on-windowsxp/1790/1 "2002-09-16T20:58:48Z")

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I don’t have an answer, but I’m curious why you’ve decided to try the  
non-commercial version for Windows. I was looking into that last week and  
decided to try FOX instead because

1. the non-commerical version is Qt version 2.3, not version 3 (unless you  
just download a 30-day evaluation
2. getting the Windows commercial version in order to get version 3 support  
is prohibitively expensive! - $1550

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> > -----Original Message-----  
> > From: [ajksharma@yahoo.com](mailto:ajksharma@yahoo.com) [[mailto:ajksharma@yahoo.com](mailto:ajksharma@yahoo.com)]  
> > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 2:32 PM  
> > To: [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)  
> > Subject: Help on installing ruby-qt on windowsXP
> > 
> > Hi,  
> > I have done the fiolowing.
> > 
> > 1. Installed latest version of Ruby, c:\ruby
> > 2. UnTared ruby-qt2-devel-0.16.tar.gz in the c:\ruby folder.
> > 3. Installed QtWin230-NonCommercial.exe from [trolltech.com](http://trolltech.com) in c:\qt
> > 4. When I try to install qt-ruby from the command line  
> > ruby install.rb config  
> > ruby install.rb setup  
> > ruby install.rb install
> > 
> > I get an error saying that it  
> > “cannot find the qapplication.h file.”  
> > “you do not seem to have the qt library”
> > 
> > This file is present in the “c:\qt\inlcude” directory.
> > 
> > Can any one help me?
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**Author:** ![Ajksharma1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Ajksharma1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Ajksharma1)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2002 03:52 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/help-on-installing-ruby-qt-on-windowsxp/1790/2 "2002-09-17T03:52:39Z")

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Hi Mark,  
I know it is expensive in windows. But I am just trying to get Qt to work.  
Qt is very good gui kit no doubt about it. Has anybody tried this before on windows?  
Regards  
Ajay

“Volkmann, Mark” [Mark.Volkmann@AGEDWARDS.com](mailto:Mark.Volkmann@AGEDWARDS.com) wrote in message news:[89539780CB9BD51182270002A5897DF602C6D61B@hqempn04.agedwards.com](mailto:89539780CB9BD51182270002A5897DF602C6D61B@hqempn04.agedwards.com)…

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>
> > I don’t have an answer, but I’m curious why you’ve decided to try the  
> > non-commercial version for Windows. I was looking into that last week and  
> > decided to try FOX instead because
> > 
> > 1. the non-commerical version is Qt version 2.3, not version 3 (unless you  
> > just download a 30-day evaluation
> > 2. getting the Windows commercial version in order to get version 3 support  
> > is prohibitively expensive! - $1550

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**Author:** ![Pierre\_Brengard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Pierre\_Brengard](https://rubytalk.org/u/Pierre_Brengard)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2002 09:19 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/help-on-installing-ruby-qt-on-windowsxp/1790/3 "2002-09-17T09:19:11Z")

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ajksharma wrote:

> Hi Mark,  
> I know it is expensive in windows. But I am just trying to get Qt to work.  
> Qt is very good gui kit no doubt about it. Has anybody tried this before on windows?

yes, no problem, it works well. And there are no problems compiling it  
under Win XP.

> > I don’t have an answer, but I’m curious why you’ve decided to try the  
> > non-commercial version for Windows. I was looking into that last week and  
> > decided to try FOX instead because
> > 
> > 1. the non-commerical version is Qt version 2.3, not version 3 (unless you  
> > just download a 30-day evaluation
> > 2. getting the Windows commercial version in order to get version 3 support  
> > is prohibitively expensive! - $1550

but, the Ruby extension for Qt 3 does not exist yet !  
So, no regret.

Pierre Brengard