From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2006-09-17T22:32:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Tk on Tiger

On Sep 16, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Chris Gehlker wrote:

> I'm running ruby 1.8.5 (2006-09-10) [powerpc-darwin8.7.0] and when  
> I try they little simple Tk application on the first page of the  
> Ruby Tk chapter of the Pickaxe Book I get:
> ~ $ ruby -w TK.rb
> ./tk.rb:7: uninitialized constant TkRoot (NameError)
>         from TK.rb:6:in `require'
>         from TK.rb:6
>
> However if I run the pre-installed ruby that came with Tiger like:
> ~ $ /usr/bin/ruby -w TK.rb
>
> I get a nice little window with "Hello World!" in it as well as  
> ruby, File and Edit menus. The archives seem to have quite a bit of  
> discussion of this issue but I couldn't find any resolution. Did  
> anyone figure out how Apple got Tk working?

I suggest you check $: for where your Ruby is looking for libraries  
and then verify whether or not tk.rb is available in one of those  
libraries. I think it's likely that it's not.

Ruby 1.8.2 finds tk.rb in /usr/lib/ruby/1.8. but I don't know if this  
version will work with 1.8.5.

Regards, Morton