# Where to post: problem compiling ruby1.8 with borland c 5.5

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**Created:** [3 July 2003 12:48 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/where-to-post-problem-compiling-ruby1-8-with-borland-c-5-5/6684 "2003-07-03T12:48:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![KONTRA\_Gergely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@KONTRA\_Gergely](https://rubytalk.org/u/KONTRA_Gergely)\
**Post date:** [3 July 2003 12:48 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/where-to-post-problem-compiling-ruby1-8-with-borland-c-5-5/6684/1 "2003-07-03T12:48:50Z")

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The ruby-dev is a Japanese list, isn’t it? So where should I post this  
bug?  
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> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:13:59 +0900  
> To: [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) (ruby-talk ML)  
> Subject: problem compiling ruby1.8 with borland c 5.5
> 
> Hi!
> 
> ## I’ve problem compiling ruby-preview 1.8.0-preview3 on win98. After doing bcc32\configure.bat, when I type make, it simply doesn’t find the header files. But I’ve set up the lib and include environment variables BEFORE configuring: ----------[other variables deleted]---------- D:\tmp\ruby-1.8.0\>set PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\VIRUSB~1\BIN;D:\BORLAND\BCC55\BIN LIB=d:\borland\bcc55\lib INCLUDE=d:\borland\bcc55\include
> 
> The output of make is the following:
> 
> MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland  
> Borlandbcc32 -q -O -5 -w- -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -I./ -I./missing -c  
> .\array.c  
> .\array.c:  
> Error E2209 .\win32/win32.h 25: Unable to open include file ‘windows.h’
> 
> Gergo
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**Author:** ![WATANABE\_Hirofumi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@WATANABE\_Hirofumi1](https://rubytalk.org/u/WATANABE_Hirofumi1)\
**Post date:** [3 July 2003 14:11 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/where-to-post-problem-compiling-ruby1-8-with-borland-c-5-5/6684/2 "2003-07-03T14:11:40Z")

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KONTRA Gergely [kgergely@mlabdial.hit.bme.hu](mailto:kgergely@mlabdial.hit.bme.hu) writes:

> The ruby-dev is a Japanese list, isn’t it? So where should I post this  
> bug?

It is not a bug.

> I’ve problem compiling ruby-preview 1.8.0-preview3 on win98.  
> After doing bcc32\configure.bat, when I type make, it simply doesn’t  
> find the header files.  
> But I’ve set up the lib and include environment variables BEFORE  
> configuring:  
> ----------[other variables deleted]----------  
> D:\tmp\ruby-1.8.0\>set  
> PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\VIRUSB~1\BIN;D:\BORLAND\BCC55\BIN  
> LIB=d:\borland\bcc55\lib  
> INCLUDE=d:\borland\bcc55\include

This makes no sense. You should read the readme.txt in \borland\bcc55.

: b. Create a bcc32.cfg file which will set  
: the compiler options for the Include  
: and Lib paths (-I and -L switches to  
: compiler) by adding these lines:  
: -I"c:\Borland\Bcc55\include"  
: -L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"  
: c. Create an ilink32.cfg file which will set  
: the linker option for the Lib path by  
: adding this line:  
: -L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"

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> –  
> eban

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**Post date:** [3 July 2003 15:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/where-to-post-problem-compiling-ruby1-8-with-borland-c-5-5/6684/3 "2003-07-03T15:22:54Z")

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Damnit, thx, I hoped the installer’d done it ;(

Everything went fine 🙂

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> On 0703, WATANABE Hirofumi wrote:
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> > This makes no sense. You should read the readme.txt in \borland\bcc55.  
> > –  
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