From: Erik Veenstra <google@...>
Date: 2005-06-24T00:25:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Packaging dillema

> I'm having some luck with rubyscript2exe, but I'm running
> into problems getting the other stuff in the directory. For
> instance, I'm trying to bundle sqlite functionality.
>
> joe@ubuntu:~/test $ ls
>
> libsqlite3.so rubyscript2exe.rb test.db test.rb
>
> joe@ubuntu:~/test $ ruby rubyscript2exe.rb test.rb

A couple if issues:

* Have you tried to run the application directly? I mean,
  without being wrapped by RubyScript2Exe? It won't work if you
  rely on the local libsqlite3.so. It will work if
  libsqlite3.so is located on the library search path as well.
  That's a Linux issue: Linux doesn't append the local
  directory, nor the directory in which the application is
  located, to $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Windows does something like
  that, Linux doesn't.

* If libsqlite3.so is located on the library search path, it
  will be embedded by RubyScript2Exe automaticly, without
  specifying it in one of the RUBYSCRIPT2EXE_* pragmas.

* You are listing libsqlite3.so in RUBYSCRIPT2EXE_LIB. Why? It
  isn't a Ruby library, but a shared object. Shared objects
  have to be specified in RUBYSCRIPT2EXE_DLLS or
  RUBYSCRIPT2EXE_BIN, unless the share object is detected and
  embedded automaticly.

* The pragmas are used to specify not-detected files that have
  to be embedded in the generated executable. These pragmas
  don't affect the scanning phase of RubyScript2Exe.

> Why can't it find libsqlite3.so?

It's not on the library search path.

> Anyways, anyone have any advice on how to properly package
> applications so I can avoid having to install anything
> outside the application directory?

 $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${pwd}"
 $ ruby rubyscript2exe.rb test.rb

Or install SQLite properly...

gegroet,
Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/