wxruby users - Apr 2007 - What does the end user need to run wxruby apps ?

Hi !
I''m new to this mailing list !
I''m just beginning to learn ruby programmation, ( so far mainly coded
php
web apps, and math algorithms with Caml ), so i''m a noob about
libraries,
toolkits, etc ....
I wondered what does the end user need to run wxruby applications ?

_ On Windows, he''ll need the ruby interpreter ( such as the one click
ruby
installer ), and via Rubygems, he has to install the wxruby.gem, that''s
all
?? the wxruby .gem package includes both the wxwidgets library itself and
the "bridge" to ruby ???
_ on linux, same, the ruby interpreter & rubygems ( via apt-get / urpmi /
yum ... ) and then to install the wxruby.gem ??


_ I also came across the 2 tools called "Tar2RubyScript", and
"Rubyscript2exe", do these 2 utilities have support for wxruby ?? ( =
is it
possible to bundle the ruby inpreter, wxruby and all other dependencies in a
single .exe ?? if yes do you have links to tutorials explaining how to do it

thanks


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Hi

Vinh CHUC wrote:
> I wondered what does the end user need to run wxruby applications ?
>
On Windows and OS X, only the ruby and the wxruby gem is needed - it 
contains both the wxwidgets library and the bridge to ruby.

It''s similar on Linux, except the user must have libgtk2 library 
installed too. If they''re using GNOME, this will already be installed; 
if they''re using KDE or another WM, it should certainly be available in
any distro via apt.

Generally I think it''s fair to say that wxRuby is one of the easiest 
ruby GUI toolkits to install on Windows and OS X.
> _ I also came across the 2 tools called "Tar2RubyScript", and 
> "Rubyscript2exe", do these 2 utilities have support for wxruby ??
( =
> is it possible to bundle the ruby inpreter, wxruby and all other 
> dependencies in a single .exe ??
Yes, these tools should work well with wxRuby. Myself and others have 
used rubyscript2exe plus wxruby 0.6.0 to create end-user desktop 
applications (eg http://www.pressure.to/qda/). This can further be 
wrapped in an installer (eg http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page) to 
create a package that works like a ''normal'' application.
> if yes do you have links to tutorials explaining how to do it
I haven''t tried with wxruby2-preview, but I can''t think of any
reasons
why the standard instructions 
(http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/) shouldn''t work.

You might need to use the RUBYSCRIPT2EXE.appdir to find the location of 
support files such as help files or icons that are required by the app, 
but this is covered in the rubyscript2exe documentation.

I agree it might make a nice topic for a wxruby tutorial - thanks for 
the suggestion - I''ll try and do something about using wxruby2 and 
rubyscript2exe.

cheers
alex

thanks !
yes it would be cool if someone skilled could write a how-to about wxruby2 &
rubyscript2exe

here is a similar how-to, written for ruby-gnome & rubyscript2exe
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?cmd=view&p=tips_rubyscript2exe&key=rubyscript2exe

bye
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