# MySQL/Ruby on Windows

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/mysql-ruby-on-windows/15396>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [20 December 2004 14:34 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/mysql-ruby-on-windows/15396 "2004-12-20T14:34:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Williams\_Chris1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Williams\_Chris1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Williams_Chris1)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2004 14:34 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/mysql-ruby-on-windows/15396/1 "2004-12-20T14:34:03Z")

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Justin,

> \> I'm trying to install the C-based MySQL/Ruby library on my WinXP box

and

> \> MySQL 4.1.7
> 
> I ran into all the problems you listed as well. Here is how I got  
> around them - [http://seagecko.org/thoughts/2004/09/09/ruby-mysql-and-](http://seagecko.org/thoughts/2004/09/09/ruby-mysql-and-)  
> windows/
> 
> It is built around 4.0.20a not the newer 4.1.7. I have no need to  
> upgrade right now so it isn't even on my priority list to get it built  
> with 4.1.x code line.

Thanks for the help!

Hopefully I can snag VS.NET and compile one against MySQL 4.1.7 (sadly  
the so file you created is bombing out on me).

As a general note to the Ruby community, and to the Windows One-click  
installer in particular - Can we \_please\_ try and get some of the more  
popular extensions pre-compiled for win32? I've had a heck of a time  
trying to do FastCGI, ZLib and MySQL...

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2004 15:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/mysql-ruby-on-windows/15396/2 "2004-12-20T15:46:03Z")

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Williams, Chris wrote:

> As a general note to the Ruby community, and to the Windows One-click  
> installer in particular - Can we \_please\_ try and get some of the more  
> popular extensions pre-compiled for win32? I've had a heck of a time  
> trying to do FastCGI, ZLib and MySQL...

I'm working on a One-Click Ruby Server that will install a complete  
ruby-based server environment. But its just in the planning phase, so  
realistically it will be a few months before anything is available.

Curt

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Ziegler5](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/austin_ziegler5/32/1985_2.png) [@Austin\_Ziegler5](https://rubytalk.org/u/Austin_Ziegler5)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2004 16:33 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/mysql-ruby-on-windows/15396/3 "2004-12-20T16:33:07Z")

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Zlib already works, and is part of the standard Ruby distro. There are  
a few things missing from the standard One-click distro, but this is  
not one of them.

-austin

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> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:34:03 +0900, Williams, Chris \<Chris.Williams@xeroxlabs.com\> wrote:
> 
> > As a general note to the Ruby community, and to the Windows One-click  
> > installer in particular - Can we \_please\_ try and get some of the more  
> > popular extensions pre-compiled for win32? I've had a heck of a time  
> > trying to do FastCGI, ZLib and MySQL...
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