From: Patrick Hurley <phurley@...>
Date: 2006-02-15T00:09:17+09:00
Subject: Re: How to run a Ruby file without installing Ruby?

On 2/14/06, Rubyist <nuby.ruby.programmer@gmail.com> wrote:
> { > Check out the wonderful gem rubyscript2exe sounds like exactly that
> > which you are seeking.
> > pth }
>
> Oh, I tried it on a WinXP system but I failed!
> Here is what I've done:
>
> 1. I downloaded "rubyscript2exe.rb"
> 2. Made a trivial Ruby prog consisting only a puts "Hello"
> 3. I also copied a "init.rb" to same directory
> 4. And typed "ruby rubyscript2exe.rb blahblah.rb"
>
> :-(
>
> What did I do wrong? My native language isn't English and perhaps I
> misunderstood the instructions on rubyscript2exe's website...
>
>
>

Use the gem:

gem install rubyscript2exe

Then run/build your app:

rubyscript2exe hello.rb

*poof* you should have a hello.exe if not cut and paste the errorse
and we can try again

pth