[ruby-core:25595] Re: Minimalist Ruby Install for Windows

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Michal Suchanek <[e-mail]> wrot=
e:
> 2009/9/14 Mike Hatfield <[e-mail]>:
>> Hi everyone,
>> I have been learning Ruby and using it in my day to day work. =A0I have =
a
>> client that needs a batch processing script developed that I would like =
to
>> write in Ruby. =A0It would have to run in a Windows environment but I do=
n't
>> want to install the standard ClickOnce deployment. =A0Can anyone tell me=
 or
>> point me to a minimal list of core Ruby requirements (libraries, source
>> files, etc) that I would need to have on my client's server to allow it =
to
>> execute a basic admin-type script?
>> Basically, I need access to the File class (to copy files on the file
>> system) and the shell execute (`executable`) command to process external
>> calls.
>> I've looked for a few days now. =A0I am sure I do not need all 12,000+ f=
iles
>> (70MB) that are currently in my 1.9.1 folder.
>> I just checked my 1.8.6 folder... over 58,300 files, and a whopping 350M=
B.
>> =A0Wow. =A0I realize I have a number of gems installed, but I can't just=
ify
>> adding tens of thousands of files to a client's environment just to exec=
ute
>> some scripts because they would be quicker (less expensive) to write.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Mike Hatfield
>>
>
> Hello
>
> I was also using Ruby for administrative tasks on Windows. I simply
> installed the OneClickInstaller, removed unneeded extensions
> (including stdlib extension like Curses or Readline or ri and
> documentation) and copied it to a server. Then I could run the scripts
> on any machine with access to that server. I left a few obscure
> extensions I about which I was not sure what they are doing because I
> was not particularly space constrained.
>

You can also use Ocra to generate standalone executables:

http://ocra.rubyforge.org/

> The other catch is that some machines with OneClick installer already
> installed were set up to load rubygems automagically so I had to
> create an empty ubygems.rb in the ruby library directory.
>

Another bite of RUBYOPT. Previous installers (186-27, 186-26 and
prior) used to do that. Newer installers (preview2 and upcoming RC1)
don't.

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Luis Lavena
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