From: Nuralanur@...
Date: 2006-02-13T07:53:39+09:00
Subject: Howto use rubyscript2exe to package some external application along with ruby

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Dear all,
 
I would like to distribute a Ruby application that calls
an external  application.
So far, I give the potential user the opportunity
to enter or  change some Gnuplot code, which is
sent to Gnuplot via Open3 and produces  some plot.
Now, I would like to avoid asking the user to make
sure he has  Gnuplot installed.
 
1.) How can I ensure that everything that I need from Gnuplot
is  included in my application ? Is this done automatically
by rubyscript2exe ?
2.) Can the Open3 syntax be used even if Gnuplot is  not 
installed on the system the new distributed file is run on -
will  some file from the package created by rubyscript2exe
(question 1) be  substituted for the missing installation of Gnuplot ?
 
Thank you very much,
 
Best regards,
 
Axel 
 
 

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