From: Antonio Cangiano <acangiano@...>
Date: 2006-02-15T04:38:25+09:00
Subject: Re: How to run a Ruby file without installing Ruby?

Rubyist wrote:
> 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...

Try this:
1. gem install rubyscript2exe
2. rubyscript2exe blah.rb blah.exe
3. blah.exe

Cheers,
Antonio
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