From: Uma Geller <umageller@...>
Date: 2006-12-19T03:58:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem installing Ruby/Tk

> I've installed ActiveTcl8.4, in /usr/local/ActiveTcl-8.4.
> I tried to require 'tk' but same problem.
> Ruby don't find right path or something??

no, when you require "tk", what you're doing is to load the **ruby
binding for tk** not Tk itself.  In turn the ruby binding will load
libtk.so.
In order to build the **ruby binding** when you compile ruby (or
afterwards, using the same build process) you need:
1) Tk shared binary object  ( /usr/lib/libtk*.so
2) Tk C headers somewhere in /usr/include

I have no idea what is Active Tcl like, never used that particular
product, but I'm sure the guidelines I gave you should at least give
us an idea of what's the problem.
If Active Tcl is similar to other products like Active Perl, then it
doesn't come with the necessary header files.

did you try any of the tests I suggested in the previous mail ?

> I've read this text, same problem as me, but I don't understand, do you?
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/35014

finding a new problem won't solve yours, it's as easy as following
these minimal checks

best,