From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2005-11-29T15:46:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Mac OS X TK

On 11/28/05, Gavin Kistner <gavin@refinery.com> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 2005, at 8:49 PM, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
> >       i have been watching this thread a little bit because I failed to
> > get tk working on my custom built ruby on OSX tiger. If its not too
> > much trouble would you mind summarizing the process you just
> > figured out to get it working? I would very much appreciate it as I
> > think many others would as well.
>
> I certainly would. I have Tk working by using the built-in /usr/bin/
> ruby (which I actually renamed /usr/bin/ruby_apple to be clear), but
> I'd love to have it working with my home-grown build in /usr/local/
> bin/ruby

If you have not yet installed 1.8.3 / 1.8.4, you shouldn't have any
polution in your directories...
just rebuild 1.8.2 as described at the top of this page:
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RubyTkOnOSX

After months of failing at getting Tk installed, I followed those
instructions and it just 'worked'