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Note: You can view the latest version of this guide online at the
Rubygame wiki: http://rubygame.org/wiki/Windows_Installation_Guide
== Gather Dependencies
* {Ruby}[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/], the language itself.
The easiest option here is the one-click installer. This will
install Ruby and a number of useful libraries without any hassle.
* {SDL}[http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php].
Download the Win32 binary package, e.g. "SDL-1.2.14-win32.zip".
The rest are optional dependencies, but highly recommended. If you
don't have them, you won't be able to use certain features of
Rubygame.
* {SDL_image}[http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/].
Grab the Win32 binary package, e.g. "SDL_image-1.2.8-win32.zip".
* {SDL_mixer}[http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/].
Just like before, grab the Win32 binary package, e.g.
"SDL_mixer-1.2.9-win32.zip".
* {SDL_ttf}[http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/].
Again, get the Win32 binary package, e.g. "SDL_ttf-2.0.9-win32.zip".
* {SDL_gfx}[http://www.ferzkopp.net/joomla/content/view/19/14/]
({compiled version}[http://download.rubygame.org/files/extras/]).
Many thanks to a generous Rubygame user (bmatthew1) for providing a
compiled Windows DLL for SDL_gfx!
Once you have downloaded everything, unzip them and copy the *.dll
files into the <code>C:\windows\system32\</code> directory. This will
allow the libraries to be detected and loaded by Rubygame.
== Install Rubygame
The simplest way to install Rubygame is: <code>gem install rubygame</code>
Or you can {download the source from
Github}[http://github.com/jacius/rubygame/] and follow the
installation instructions in README.
== Conclusion
If all goes well, you have successfully installed Rubygame. Try to
execute <code>require 'rubygame'</code> in an irb session and run the
provided samples to ensure that everything is acceptable.
If you have any trouble installing Rubygame, please post in the
{forums}[http://rubygame.org/forums/].
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