RedCloth loaderror on ruby 2.0.0 [i386-mingw32]

Question

When I upgraded my rails 3.2.13 application (on Win XP) from ruby 1.9.3 to ruby 2.0.0, it crashed due to gem RedCloth (4.2.9 x86-mingw32).

Message: couldn't load 2.0/redcloth_scan (LoadError). In other words: /lib/2.0/redcloth_scan.so does not exist in the gem.

Is there any solution to this problem?

(Unfortunately, RedCloth is the only Ruby tool that handles Textile.)

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 18 '14 at 02:25

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You can try:

Install RedCloth-4.2.9:

gem install RedCloth --platform==ruby -V
Create this directory:

ruby\lib\ruby\gems\2.0.0\gems\RedCloth-4.2.9\ext\2.0
Copy all files to that directory from:

ruby\lib\ruby\gems\2.0.0\gems\RedCloth-4.2.9\ext\redcloth_scan

Then you can use RedCloth in Ruby 2.0. I tried with jekyll 1.12.1, and that works.

edited Sep 18 '14 at 02:25

J0e3gan

answered Oct 06 '13 at 15:37

Tony Dun

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 22 '15 at 19:23

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You might want to stay with 1.9.3 for now, if you must use RedCloth.

edited Feb 22 '15 at 19:23

matt

answered Jul 16 '13 at 18:25

Jason Kim

2 Answers2