# Please help -- is win32ole still part of the ruby distribution? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [26 April 2004 09:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/please-help-is-win32ole-still-part-of-the-ruby-distribution/11236 "2004-04-26T09:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_Roshan\_Cogniza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James\_Roshan\_Cogniza](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Roshan_Cogniza)\ **Post date:** [26 April 2004 09:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/please-help-is-win32ole-still-part-of-the-ruby-distribution/11236/1 "2004-04-26T09:10:27Z")
//In ruby-win32 distribution page //([http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/](http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/)) by [//U.Nakamura](https://U.Nakamura), win32ole.so //was broken in a ruby win32 binary distributed by him at some //point. Maybe your unstable win32ole is the one distributed at //that time? He saids that the currreny //win32ole binary has been fixed. Thanks Takashi, do you know which distribution actually has the new binary? Aren’t these reflected in the sourceforge binaries? I did go here: [http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index\_en.html](http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html) But I don’t know what to download. You are right,when I was facing the problem with the libraries I had mailed the person who was building the library. A little after that I saw that message on sourceforge and found the library not working, so it seemed to me that it had been removed. I did not know that the issue had been the fixed. Pointing us at the download would be helpful. Regards Roshan [InterScan\_Disclaimer.txt](https://rubytalk.org/uploads/short-url/2C3THNKxQ9jIXqULnY0IIaOsX5q.txt) (520 Bytes) ---
**Author:** ![Takashi\_Kayoko\_Sano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Takashi\_Kayoko\_Sano](https://rubytalk.org/u/Takashi_Kayoko_Sano)\ **Post date:** [26 April 2004 10:30 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/please-help-is-win32ole-still-part-of-the-ruby-distribution/11236/2 "2004-04-26T10:30:45Z")
Hi, > //In ruby-win32 distribution page > //([http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/](http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/)) by [//U.Nakamura](https://U.Nakamura), win32ole.so > //was broken in a ruby win32 binary distributed by him at some > //point. Maybe your unstable win32ole is the one distributed at > //that time? He saids that the currreny > //win32ole binary has been fixed. > > Thanks Takashi, do you know which distribution actually has the new > binary? Aren’t these reflected in the sourceforge binaries? I did go > here: > [http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index\_en.html](http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html) > But I don’t know what to download. In the web site, usa saids, > New binaries ‘ruby-1.8.1-20040402’ and ‘ruby-1.9.0-20040402’. > The files of ‘20040331’ contained broken win32ole.so. Please download newer > versions. So, snapshot ‘ruby-1.8.1-20040402’ or ‘ruby-1.9.0-20040402’ on [http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index\_en.html](http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html) should be fine. Or, you can download the current release ‘ruby-1.8.1-i386-mswin32.zip’, which is older than the above but win32ole works (at least for me). Takashi Sano > **···** > > “James, Roshan (Cognizant)” [JRoshan@blr.cognizant.com](mailto:JRoshan@blr.cognizant.com) wrote: ---
**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\ **Post date:** [26 April 2004 12:32 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/please-help-is-win32ole-still-part-of-the-ruby-distribution/11236/3 "2004-04-26T12:32:18Z")
Thanks to all for you replies. Hopefully I will now be able to resolve this problem with win32ole in the Ruby Installer for Windows. Curt Takashi & Kayoko Sano wrote: > **···** > > > Hi, > > > > “James, Roshan (Cognizant)” [JRoshan@blr.cognizant.com](mailto:JRoshan@blr.cognizant.com) wrote: > > > > > //In ruby-win32 distribution page > > > //([http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/](http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/)) by [//U.Nakamura](https://U.Nakamura), win32ole.so > > > //was broken in a ruby win32 binary distributed by him at some > > > //point. Maybe your unstable win32ole is the one distributed at > > > //that time? He saids that the currreny > > > //win32ole binary has been fixed. > > > > > > Thanks Takashi, do you know which distribution actually has the new > > > binary? Aren’t these reflected in the sourceforge binaries? I did go > > > here: > > > [http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index\_en.html](http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html) > > > But I don’t know what to download. > > > > In the web site, usa saids, > > > > > New binaries ‘ruby-1.8.1-20040402’ and ‘ruby-1.9.0-20040402’. > > > The files of ‘20040331’ contained broken win32ole.so. Please > > > download newer > > > versions. > > > > So, snapshot ‘ruby-1.8.1-20040402’ or ‘ruby-1.9.0-20040402’ on > > [http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index\_en.html](http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html) should be fine. > > > > Or, you can download the current release ‘ruby-1.8.1-i386-mswin32.zip’, > > which is older than the above but win32ole works (at least for me). > > > > Takashi Sano > > > > * * * > > > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system ([http://www.grisoft.com](http://www.grisoft.com)). > > Version: 6.0.610 / Virus Database: 390 - Release Date: 3/3/2004 ---
**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\ **Post date:** [26 April 2004 13:42 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/please-help-is-win32ole-still-part-of-the-ruby-distribution/11236/4 "2004-04-26T13:42:41Z")
I just posted 1.8.1-13 Release Candidate 1 (RC1)for the Ruby Installer for Windows. This should fix the problems with RDoc and RI. RC2 will fix the reported win32ole problem, but I wanted to get this part out as soon as possible. You can download it here: [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=167](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167) Please report any problems by creating a bug report (selecting the group "181-13 Release Candidates") at: [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?group\_id=167&atid=715](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?group_id=167&atid=715) Curt ---
**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\ **Post date:** [26 April 2004 19:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/please-help-is-win32ole-still-part-of-the-ruby-distribution/11236/5 "2004-04-26T19:01:46Z")
It looks like the reports I’ve seen about RI (or its database) being broken in the official 181 release may be true – There is still missing and miscategorized information in the ri database. I’m going to try using Ruby’s cvs head to create the RI database and overlay that on top of our standard build for the RubyInstaller. Hopefully I can get to that tonight – you may want to hold off testing this until then. Curt Curt Hibbs wrote: > **···** > > > I just posted 1.8.1-13 Release Candidate 1 (RC1)for the Ruby Installer for > > Windows. This should fix the problems with RDoc and RI. RC2 will fix the > > reported win32ole problem, but I wanted to get this part out as soon as > > possible. You can download it here: > > > > [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=167](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167) > > > > Please report any problems by creating a bug report (selecting the group > > “181-13 Release Candidates”) at: > > > > [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?group\_id=167&atid=715](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?group_id=167&atid=715) > > > > Curt > > > > * * * > > > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system ([http://www.grisoft.com](http://www.grisoft.com)). > > Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 4/24/2004