Why do I get an error while compiling IronRuby in Ruby 1.8.7?

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  •  22-08-2019
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Question

I can't seem to compile ironruby in ruby 1.8.7. I always get this error:

no such file to load -- windows/path

Does this mean that ironruby is not compatible with ruby 1.8.7?

Was it helpful?

Solution

It looks like the gem windows-pr is required before the pathname2 stuff succeeds. I did a gem install windows-pr in my Ruby 1.8.7 install and then was successfully able to run rake --tasks in IronRuby (it previously failed with the same "no such file to load" error).

OTHER TIPS

IronRuby itself does not require any ruby interpreter to be installed. So asking if it's compatible with MRI 1.8.7 is a bit of a misnomer. What this sounds like is that 1.8.7 does not include a library that the Rakefile uses.

As an aside, IronRuby does target 1.8.6 compatiblity.

I would say that you need to install the gem pathname2 in your ruby 1.8.7 install.

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