[ANN] RubyInstaller DevKit 4.5.1 Released

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Dec 15, 2010, 4:37:57 PM12/15/10
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Just in time for your holiday hacking, the RubyInstaller for Windows project [1] is pleased to announce its latest release of the DevKit [2] providing MinGW GCC v4.5.1 capabilities for Ruby on Windows users.

The DevKit is a powerful compiler toolchain focused on making it easy to use, build, and develop native RubyGems on Windows platforms. Since the DevKit is used to build the MRI-based RubyInstaller and it's required native dependencies, it's an integral component of the RubyInstaller project. Many RubyInstaller users have also discovered the DevKit is a useful toolchain for building other native projects on Windows.

While the DevKit will remain primarily a foundational build toolkit, expandable to meet your unique needs, it will continue to be enhanced for functional and ease-of-use reasons. Enhancements in this version include:

* default toolchain is now TDM-based gcc/g++ v4.5.1
* enhanced installation and upgrade behavior
* easier 3rd party integration
* initial support for JRuby cext (C-extensions) [3], [4], [5]
* expanded core functionality (libtool, automake, mintty)
* modularized build recipes for building TDM, TDM 64-bit, and LLVM-GCC Windows toolchains

...with the full list and usage instructions available at [6].


== QuickStart ==

After installing/upgrading [7] you may want to use a native RubyGem such as RDiscount. Simply type "gem install rdiscount --platform=ruby" and have at it.

Or you may want to build the latest EventMachine code from your cloned repo. A "rake -rdevkit clobber compile" from your repo root dir should get you going.

Or maybe you're developing a native RubyGem and want to manually build the native extension. Type "ruby -rdevkit extconf.rb" and you've got your Makefile.

Or maybe you'd like to try building another native package from source. Something like "c:\devkit\devkitvars.bat" (or "c:\devkit\devkitvars.ps1" for you PowerShell users) will bring all the DevKit tools onto your PATH, ready to help you build the code.

Or maybe you'd like to build [8] your own self-extracting DevKit, say an LLVM-GCC v2.8 32-bit version. No problem. Simply clone the RubyInstaller repo and...

C:\>git clone git://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller.git
C:\>cd rubyinstaller
C:\rubyinstaller>rake devkit sfx=1 dkver=llvm-32-2.8


However you decide to use the DevKit, we hope you find it makes your Ruby on Windows experience a lot more rewarding and productive.

If after reading the documentation you run into problems or have questions, drop by our helpful and friendly Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller


Jon

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[1] http://rubyinstaller.org/
[2] http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads
[3] http://blog.bithug.org/2010/11/rsoc
[4] http://blog.headius.com/2010/07/what-jruby-c-extension-support-means-to.html
[5] http://jonforums.github.com/ruby/2010/11/30/devkit-jruby-c-extensions.html
[6] http://rubyinstaller.org/news/2010/12/15/new-devkit-for-the-holidays/
[7] http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit
[8] https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/blob/master/README.txt#L97-122

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