Gem List

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.

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The RubyInstaller Team

 RubyInstaller 1.9.1p243

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
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)

*Legend* **NA** = Not Applicable. No compiler needed. For example, some native Gems are built in such a way as to not need the DevKit

 RubyInstaller 1.8.7p249

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

 RubyInstaller 1.8.6p383

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