From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-03-01T08:48:57+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby tk -- how do you get it working?

Tim Ferrell wrote:
>
>> Their app didn't create a folder--it installed files all over the place
> 
> Actually, it may *have* created that /usr/local hierarchy unless you 
> have installed other stuff there yourself... Did you? 

Yes.

> Tim Ferrell wrote:
>> 
>> Just FYI, you can extract a list of files from a .bom file with the 
>> following command: lsbom -s <bom file>
>> 
> 
> Oh, one other thing that might not be immediately obvious... the bom 
> file would be located under /Library/Receipts/boms ... in this case I 
> think it would be prefixed with something like 
> "com.parasew.and.5uper.net.rubyosx" since that seems to be the package 
> bundle identifier...
> 

I can't find the boms directory:

/Library/Receipts$ ls

2005-06XcodeExtras.pkg
AdditionalEssentials.pkg
AdditionalFonts.pkg
AdditionalSpeechVoices.pkg
AddressBook.pkg
AppleIntermediateCodec.pkg
AsianLanguagesSupport.pkg
Automator.pkg
BSD.pkg
BSDSDK.pkg
BaseSystem.pkg
BluetoothSDK.pkg
Booth.pkg
BrazilianPortuguese.pkg
BrotherPrinterDrivers.pkg
CPU_BBBGames.pkg
CPU_ComicLife.pkg
CPU_Help.pkg
CPU_OfficeTDUS.pkg
CPU_OmniOutliner.pkg
CPU_RegionalBoot.pkg
CanonPrinterDrivers.pkg
Comic Life.pkg
CoreAudioSDK.pkg
Danish.pkg
DevDocumentation.pkg
DevExamples.pkg
DevSDK.pkg
DeveloperTools.pkg
Dutch.pkg
ElectronicsForImagingPrinterDrivers.pkg
EpsonPrinterDrivers.pkg
Essentials.pkg
Finnish.pkg
FireWireSDK.pkg
French.pkg
FrontRow.pkg
FrontRowUpdate1.3.pkg
GarageBand.pkg
GarageBand_304.pkg
GarageBand_DemoSongs_Tiger.pkg
GarageBand_FactoryContent.pkg
GarageBand_Instruments_Tiger.pkg
GarageBand_Loops_Tiger.pkg
GarageBand_MIDI_Tiger.pkg
German.pkg
GimpPrintPrinterDrivers.pkg
HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers.pkg
Italian.pkg
Japanese.pkg
Java.pkg
Java14Documentation.pkg
Java14Tools.pkg
Keynote3.0.2.pkg
Korean.pkg
LexmarkPrinterDrivers.pkg
MacOSX10.3.9.pkg
MacOSX10.4.Universal.pkg
Mail.pkg
MediaFiles.pkg
MigrationAssistant.pkg
Norwegian.pkg
OmniOutliner 3.5 v134.3.pkg
OpenGLSDK.pkg
OxfordDictionaries.pkg
PIL-platlib-1.1.5-py2.4-macosx10.4.pkg
PIL-scripts-1.1.5-py2.4-macosx10.4.pkg
Pages2.0.2.pkg
PythonApplications-2.4.pkg
PythonDocumentation-2.4.pkg
PythonFramework-2.4.pkg
PythonProfileChanges-2.4.pkg
PythonSystemFixes-2.4.pkg
PythonUnixTools-2.4.pkg
QuickTime713.pkg
QuickTimeSDK.pkg
RicohPrinterDrivers.pkg
Ruby One-Click Installer for OSX Tiger.pkg
Russian.pkg
Safari.pkg
SimplifiedChinese.pkg
Spanish.pkg
Swedish.pkg
TraditionalChinese.pkg
WebKitSDK.pkg
X11SDK.pkg
X11User.pkg
XeroxPrinterDrivers.pkg
gcc3.3.pkg
gcc4.0.pkg
iCal.pkg
iChat.pkg
iDVD.pkg
iDVDThemes_Tiger.pkg
iDVD_603.pkg
iLifeSoundEffects_Loops.pkg
iMacFirmwareUpdate.pkg
iMovie.pkg
iMovieThemes_Tiger.pkg
iMovie_603.pkg
iPhoto.pkg
iPhotoContent.pkg
iPhoto_605.pkg
iTunes.pkg
iTunesX.pkg
iWeb_112.pkg
iWeb_App.pkg
iWeb_Temp_de.pkg
iWeb_Temp_en.pkg
iWeb_Temp_fr.pkg
iWeb_Temp_ja.pkg
iWeb_Temp_other.pkg
iWork Trial.pkg


I found this though:

/Library/Receipts/Ruby One-Click Installer for OSX Tiger.pkg/Contents$ 
ls -al

total 320
drwxrwxr-x    6 root  admin     204 Jan 26 23:48 .
drwxrwxr-x    3 root  admin     102 Jan 26 23:48 ..
-rwxrwxr-x    1 root  admin  151947 Jul  8  2007 Archive.bom
-rw-rw-r--    1 root  admin    2211 Jan 26 23:48 Info.plist
-rw-rw-r--    1 root  admin       8 Jul  8  2007 PkgInfo
drwxrwxr-x   15 root  admin     510 Feb 20 04:12 Resources

...but Archive.bom isn't a directory.

> Also, not to be overly pedantic, but after some looking I don't think 
> that the one-click installer for the Mac is in any way officially 
> endorsed by the ruby developers... If you look at 
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/ it is not listed and they suggest 
> either Locomotive as a quick way to set up Rails development or MacPorts 
> (or Fink, another package management option similar to MacPorts) for the 
> Mac...
> 

I sent an email to the contact listed on the main ruby website detailing 
my problems, and they removed the link to the Mac one click 
installer--which I think was justified.
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