You don't *need* the C extension to run the thrift library. The compilation might fail, but you should still be able to install the gem. What's the error?
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Kevin Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > We're using Thrift to allow our Rails front end to talk to HBase. This works > fine on Linux, but most of our front end developers are using Windows. > > Is it possible to use Thrift from Windows? Attempting to install with > rubygems did not work. Would Cygwin allow this? > > I've found documentation saying that it's possible to run the compiler on > Windows using Cygwin, but that the C++ generated code will not run on > windows. Does this apply to Ruby as well? > > To clarify, I don't need to be able to run the Thrift compiler on Windows. I > just need to get the ruby gem to install or something equivalent. > -- Kevin Clark http://glu.ttono.us
