So I wanted to do some numerical computing in ruby (who needs SciPy anyways) so the best advice out there seemed to be to install the GNU scientific libraries (GSL – http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/) and then get the comprehensive ruby bindings for it (http://rb-gsl.rubyforge.org/). Sounds easy enough right? Not really… here is how I did it (maybe, I haven’t finished yet)
1) Install the FULL MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) – I was able to use the automated installer http://www.mingw.org/wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW
2) Run MSYS.bat (for me this was C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\msys.bat)
3) mount c:/MinGW /mingw
4) mount c:/gsl /gsl
5) cd /gsl/gsl-1.16
6) ./configure
7) make
8) make a cup of tea… and wait
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