From: Mike Harris <GENIE@...>
Date: 2007-01-11T07:58:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Deploying Ruby with large customer base

Rick Fiorentino wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am working on a web project where we are building a web Ruby on Rails
>(ROR) application where the webserver, database and application files
>are deployed per desktop machine. It is not centralized where all users
>hit a single ROR based machine. It is a cross platform web application.
>I should add this is next generation application where the end users
>(number of machines it could be installed on) can and have been in the
>1000s previously.
>
>I have used the rake freeze_gems command to lock down my versions of the
>gems and created a deployable ROR setup.
>
>Is there a way to deploy ruby at a fixed version and not require a
>formal setup program? Think transparant to the end user....
>
>The point being my install consists of my ROR application directory tree
>with rails in the vendor directory and ruby, of course.
>
>I realize using gems make install easy, however this could become a
>support nightmare. The application will be sold as a boxed product!!!!
>
>Any information is appreciated,
>Thanks,
>Rick
>
>  
>
Maybe look at RUBYSCRIPT2EXE

http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html
http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/distributingrubyapplications/rails.html