"gem install ncurses" on Windows

C

Christopher W,

(This may not be the right place for RubyGem support. If it is not, a
pointer to the correct location would be nice.)

I am trying to install the ncurses gem on Windows. I installed Ruby
1.8.6 using the 1-click-installer and have gem 0.9.2.

Simply typing "gem install ncurses" resulted in this error:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
ruby extconf.rb install ncurses
<SNIP>
extconf.rb:35: ncurses header file not found (RuntimeError)

So, I downloaded, extracted, and compiled PDCurses 3.3 from
http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/ using MSVC 2005 (version 1400 or
something).

After setting my INCLUDE, LIB, and LIBPATH variables to include the
PDCurses files, running "gem install ncurses" produces this:
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8\i386-mswin32\config.h(2) : fatal error C1189: #error : MSC version unmatch
<SNIP>

I commented out this error line to see what would happen. I got this:
nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.42
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

cl -nologo -I. -I. -IC:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32 -I. -MD -Zi -O2b2xg- -G6 -g -DHAVE_CURSES_H -DHAVE_TABSIZE -DHAVE_CURSES_VERSION -DHAVE_TIGETSTR -DHAVE_GETWIN -DHAVE_PUTWIN -DHAVE_UNGETMOUSE -DHAVE_MOUSEMASK -DHAVE_WENCLOSE -DHAVE_MOUSEINTERVAL -DHAVE_WMOUSE_TRAFO -DHAVE_HAS_KEY -DHAVE_DELSCREEN -DHAVE_USE_DEFAULT_COLORS -DHAVE_WRESIZE -DHAVE_ATTR_ON -DHAVE_ATTR_OFF -DHAVE_ATTR_SET -DHAVE_CHGAT -DHAVE_COLOR_SET -DHAVE_FILTER -DHAVE_INTRFLUSH -DHAVE_MVCHGAT -DHAVE_MVHLINE -DHAVE_MVVLINE -DHAVE_MVWCHGAT -DHAVE_MVWHLINE -DHAVE_MVWVLINE -DHAVE_NOQIFLUSH -DHAVE_PUTP -DHAVE_QIFLUSH -DHAVE_SCR_DUMP -DHAVE_SCR_INIT -DHAVE_SCR_RESTORE -DHAVE_SCR_SET -DHAVE_SLK_ATTR_OFF -DHAVE_SLK_ATTR_ON -DHAVE_SLK_ATTR_SET -DHAVE_SLK_COLOR -DHAVE_TIGETFLAG -DHAVE_TIGETNUM -DHAVE_USE_ENV -DHAVE_VIDATTR -DHAVE_VID_ATTR -DHAVE_WATTR_ON -DHAVE_WATTR_OFF -DHAVE_WATTR_SET -DHAVE_WCHGAT -DHAVE_WCOLOR_SET -DHAVE_GETATTRS -DHAVE_ASSUME_DEFAULT_COLORS -DHAVE_ATTR_GET -DHAVE_PANEL_H -c -Tcform_wrap.c
cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'Og-' has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release
cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-G6'
cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-g'
form_wrap.c
cl -nologo -I. -I. -IC:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32 -I. -MD -Zi -O2b2xg- -G6 -g -DHAVE_CURSES_H -DHAVE_TABSIZE -DHAVE_CURSES_VERSION -DHAVE_TIGETSTR -DHAVE_GETWIN -DHAVE_PUTWIN -DHAVE_UNGETMOUSE -DHAVE_MOUSEMASK -DHAVE_WENCLOSE -DHAVE_MOUSEINTERVAL -DHAVE_WMOUSE_TRAFO -DHAVE_HAS_KEY -DHAVE_DELSCREEN -DHAVE_USE_DEFAULT_COLORS -DHAVE_WRESIZE -DHAVE_ATTR_ON -DHAVE_ATTR_OFF -DHAVE_ATTR_SET -DHAVE_CHGAT -DHAVE_COLOR_SET -DHAVE_FILTER -DHAVE_INTRFLUSH -DHAVE_MVCHGAT -DHAVE_MVHLINE -DHAVE_MVVLINE -DHAVE_MVWCHGAT -DHAVE_MVWHLINE -DHAVE_MVWVLINE -DHAVE_NOQIFLUSH -DHAVE_PUTP -DHAVE_QIFLUSH -DHAVE_SCR_DUMP -DHAVE_SCR_INIT -DHAVE_SCR_RESTORE -DHAVE_SCR_SET -DHAVE_SLK_ATTR_OFF -DHAVE_SLK_ATTR_ON -DHAVE_SLK_ATTR_SET -DHAVE_SLK_COLOR -DHAVE_TIGETFLAG -DHAVE_TIGETNUM -DHAVE_USE_ENV -DHAVE_VIDATTR -DHAVE_VID_ATTR -DHAVE_WATTR_ON -DHAVE_WATTR_OFF -DHAVE_WATTR_SET -DHAVE_WCHGAT -DHAVE_WCOLOR_SET -DHAVE_GETATTRS -DHAVE_ASSUME_DEFAULT_COLORS -DHAVE_ATTR_GET -DHAVE_PANEL_H -c -Tcncurses_wrap.c
cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'Og-' has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release
cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-G6'
cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-g'
ncurses_wrap.c
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Include\wincon.h(101) : warning C4005: 'MOUSE_MOVED' : macro redefinition
C:\pdcurses\curses.h(158) : see previous definition of 'MOUSE_MOVED'
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\VC\Include\io.h(318) : error C2375: 'close' : redefinition; different linkage
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\ncurses-0.9.1\ncurses_wrap.h(71) : see declaration of 'close'
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\VC\Include\io.h(320) : error C2375: 'dup' : redefinition; different linkage
c:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\ncurses-0.9.1\ncurses_wrap.h(70) : see declaration of 'dup'
ncurses_wrap.c(1267) : warning C4047: 'function' : 'const char *' differs in levels of indirection from 'int'
ncurses_wrap.c(1267) : warning C4024: 'rb_str_new2' : different types for formal and actual parameter 1
ncurses_wrap.c(2071) : warning C4087: 'getmouse' : declared with 'void' parameter list
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\VC\Bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

What should I try next? Has anyone successfully installed the ncurses
gem on Windows? Am I event headed in the right direction?
 
E

Eric Hodel

(This may not be the right place for RubyGem support. If it is not, a
pointer to the correct location would be nice.)

I am trying to install the ncurses gem on Windows. I installed Ruby
1.8.6 using the 1-click-installer and have gem 0.9.2.

Simply typing "gem install ncurses" resulted in this error:

So, I downloaded, extracted, and compiled PDCurses 3.3 from
http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/ using MSVC 2005 (version 1400 or
something).

You'll need MSVC6 to link correctly. Somebody more familiar with the
inner workings of Windows compiling will probably pop in and tell you
why RSN.
 
D

Daniel Berger

You'll need MSVC6 to link correctly. Somebody more familiar with the
inner workings of Windows compiling will probably pop in and tell you
why RSN.

My guess would be that he needs to pass a "--with-ncurses-dir=C:/path/
to/ncurses" directive so that the bindings can find the header files
they need. I can't remember how you do that with gems. Just tack it on
at the end?

Regards,

Dan
 

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