From: Richard Conroy Date: 2007-04-10T23:11:25+09:00 Subject: Re: "Portable" Ruby On 4/9/07, barjunk wrote: > On Apr 8, 6:23 am, "Michael T. Richter" wrote: > > I'm wondering if it's feasible at all to package a Ruby environment as a > > "Portable App" (along the lines ofhttp://www.portableapps.com). The > > idea is to have a fully-functional Ruby environment that executes > > entirely from removable media leaving no footprint whatsoever on the > > machine it's run on -- no registry entries, no configuration files, etc. > > > > What I really want this for is a portable JunebugWiki that I can run > > from my USB stick without worrying about whether or not (the latter > > being far more likely!) Ruby is installed on the machines I'd use it on. > > > > -- > > Michael T. Richter (GoogleTalk: > > ttmrich...@gmail.com) > > In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will > > know the man. (孔夫子) > > > > signature.asc > > 1KDownload > > > Couldn't you do something similar to InstantRails? I think it is > windows only...but maybe it will give you ideas. Well PortableApps is windows only anyway unfortunately. Some guy described how to here. He used InstantRails or a variant of it. http://ruby.about.com/od/resources/ss/portable_ruby.htm http://ruby.about.com/od/resources/qt/portable_rails.htm Been meaning to do this kind of thing myself. It could be very handy for teaching Ruby/Rails. Y'know bring your educational install around with you and such.