Gem List
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This page summarizes some of the RubyGems (using native C-based extensions) various community members have found to be compatible with RubyInstaller-based Ruby environments using the MSys/MinGW based Development Kit (DevKit). Both the RubyInstaller and DevKit are available for download at rubyinstaller.org
If you have good experiences with other RubyGems in a RubyInstaller environment, we love to hear about it! Please let us know by adding an entry to the following summary tables.
If you find that a specific RubyGem doesn’t work, please drop us a line on the mailing list before updating the summaries. We may just be able to help you solve the issue, or help confirm that it’s a real issue.
Thanks!
The RubyInstaller Team
| Date | Gem | Version | RubyGems | DevKit* | OS | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/6/09 | MySQL | 5.0.83 | 1.3.4 | NA | Windows XP/7 | OK |
x86-mingw32 gem works, source install is possible, see tutorials for links, |
| 7/15/09 | json | 1.1.7 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | |
| 8/17/09 | yajl-ruby | 0.5.12 | 1.3.5 | 4.3.3 | WinXP Prof | OK | built via TDM-GCC |
| 8/17/09 | sqlite3-ruby | 1.2.5 | 1.3.5 | 4.3.3 | WinXP Prof | OK | built via TDM-GCC |
| 9/14/09 | sqlite3-ruby | 1.2.5 | 1.3.5 | NA | Vista Home Premium | OK |
x86-mingw32 binary gem |
| 12/11/09 | nokogiri | 1.4.1 | 1.3.5 | NA | Vista Home Premium | OK |
x86-mingw32 binary gem |
| 10/26/09 | eventmachine | 0.12.10 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | WinXP Prof | OK | |
| 10/26/09 | thin | 1.2.5 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | WinXP Prof | OK | |
| 7/17/09 | RedCloth | 4.2.2 | 1.3.4 | 3.4.5r3 | WinXP Home | OK | |
| 12/9/09 | ffi | 0.5.4 | 1.3.5 | NA | Vista Home Premium | OK |
x86-mingw32 binary gem |
| 8/27/09 | ruby-debug-ide | 0.4.7 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | See http://wiki.github.com/mark-moseley/ruby-debug |
| 8/8/09 | ruby-debug19 | 0.11.5 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | See http://wiki.github.com/mark-moseley/ruby-debug |
| 8/11/09 | pg (postgres) | 0.8.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | WinXP Pro | OK | requires the headers |
| 10/18/09 | rjb | ? | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | Broken | You can get it to work by adding a —export-all to the flags |
| 10/08/09 | ferret | 0.11.6 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | Broken | known to not be 1.9 compat at all |
| 11/3/09 | amalgalite | 0.12.0 | 1.3.5 | NA | WinXP Pro | OK |
x86-mingw32 binary gem |
| 10/23/09 | hitimes | 1.0.4 | 1.3.5 | NA | WinXP Pro | OK | |
| 10/23/09 | event_hook | 1.0.1 | 1.3.5 | NA | WinXP Pro | Broken | known to not be compatible yet with 1.9 at all |
| 09/02/09 | RMagick | 2.11.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | Broken | OK with some TLC |
| 02/09/09 | oniguruma | 1.1.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | Broken | |
| 12/12/09 | sys-proctable | 0.9.0 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | gem install sys-proctable --platform=mswin32
|
| 9/23/09 | RubyInline | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | WinXP Pro | Broken | this fork might work | |
| 11/11/09 | fxruby | 1.6.20 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | |
| 11/12/09 | ruby-wmi | 0.2.2 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | Broken | require small patch or use rdp-ruby-wmi |
| 12/12/09 | perftools.rb | 0.4.0 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | Broken | google perf tools’ cpu profiler isn’t ported to doze yet |
| 12/30/09 | mongo_ext | 0.18.2 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | Vista Home Premium | OK | |
| 01/25/10 | mongo_ext | 0.18.3 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | Vista Home Premium | OK | |
| 01/14/10 | wxruby | 2.0.1 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri wxruby-ruby19
|
| 01/25/10 | serialport | 1.0.1 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP, 7 | OK | |
| 01/25/10 | ruby-serialport | 0.7.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP, 7 | Broken | use serialport gem instead |
| 02/18/10 | ruby-odbc | 0.9999 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | |
| 02/25/10 | showoff | 0.1.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | |
| 03/24/10 | win32-api | 1.4.6 | 1.3.6 | 3.4.5r3 | WP | Broken | to install it and have it not be broken, install devkit, do gem install win32-api --platform=ruby
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| 6/13/11 | tk | XP | OK | see here for a list of options available to you for installing it on 1.9 or 1.8 | |||
| 07/06/10 | curb | 0.7.7.1 | 1.3.7 | 3.4.5r3 | XP, Win7 x86 | OK | Installs with DevKit and libcurl installed. Also work on 1.9.2(Direct link with libcurl.dll, not libcurl.a) |
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**NA** = Not Applicable. No compiler needed. For example, some native Gems are built in such a way as to not need the DevKit
| Date | Gem | Version | RubyGems | DevKit* | OS | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/07/10 | redcloth | 4.2.2 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | 7 | OK | |
| 02/16/10 | hpricot | 0.8.2 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK |
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NA = Not Applicable. No compiler needed. For example, some native Gems are built in such a way as to not need the DevKit
| Date | Gem | Version | RubyGems | DevKit* | OS | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/18/09 | buildr | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | gem install --platform=mswin32 |
| 0/2/09 | oniguruma | 1.1.0 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | gem install --platform=mswin32 |
| 10/08/09 | ferret | 0.11.6 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | |
| 10/23/09 | amalgalite | 0.11.0 | 1.3.5 | NA | WinXP Pro | OK | |
| 10/23/09 | hitimes | 1.0.4 | 1.3.5 | NA | WinXP Pro | OK | x86-mingw binaries available |
| 10/23/09 | event_hook | 1.0.1 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | WinXP Pro | OK | needs compiler at runtime |
| 10/23/09 | open4 | 1.0.1 | 1.3.5 | NA | WinXP Pro | fail | proper install instructions not known (if they exist) |
| 01/18/10 | ruby-opengl | 0.60.1 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | Broken | Cannot get to install even with —platform option. Can download the gem manually from rubyforge and it will install, but then programs fail with a cannot find glut32.dll error. |
| 9/23/09 | RubyInline | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | WinXP Pro | OK | ||
| 01/03/10 | ParseTree | 1.3.6 | 3.0.3 | Win7 | OK | version > 3.0.3 fail | |
| 11/11/09 | eventmachine | 0.12.10 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | |
| 11/11/09 | json | 1.1.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | gem install --platform=mswin32 |
| 11/11/09 | fxruby | 1.6.20 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | |
| 02/12/09 | ruby-oci8 | 1.0.7 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | gem install --platform=mswin32 |
| 12/12/09 | sys-proctable | 0.9.0 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | gem install sys-proctable --platform=mswin32
|
| 01/29/10 | serialport | 1.0.1 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP, 7 | OK | |
| 01/14/10 | wxruby | 2.0.1 | 1.3.5 | NA | XP | OK | |
| 01/25/10 | typhoeus | any | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP Vista | Broken | could not find curl/curl.h. need libcurl |
| 01/29/10 | pg (postgres) | 0.8.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | 7 | OK | gem install --platform=mswin32 |
| 01/29/10 | libxml-ruby | 1.1.3 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | 7 | OK | gem install --platform=mswin32 |
| 01/25/10 | ruby-serialport | 0.7.0 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP, 7 | Broken | use serialport gem instead |
| 02/18/10 | ruby-odbc | 0.9999 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK | |
| 02/18/10 | odbc | 0.9999 | 1.3.5 | 3.4.5r3 | XP | OK |
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NA = Not Applicable. No compiler needed. For example, some native Gems are built in such a way as to not need the DevKit