From: Alex Fenton <alex@...>
Date: 2008-03-27T19:24:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Help installing fxruby on osx

Daniel Wilkerson wrote:

> I had the same problem with fxscintilla but I solved it by downloading 
> the source for fxscintilla and building and installing it.  Here is the 
> full story.  I got everything installed but it still doesn't work.

...

> So I have it installed with fink, gems, and ports and it still doesn't 
> work.  Why do both fink and ports fail so often?  They fail more often 
> than they work.

You might be able to get help on the fxruby-users mailing list:

http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group_id=300
http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/35


> Anyway, I was enthusiastic about using FXRuby but I would be a lot more 
> enthusiastic if it would actually work.

Since you're on OS X and mention needing fxscintilla, you could try 
wxRuby, which provides Scintilla as the "StyledTextCtrl" widget. It's a 
  much simpler one-step install, no compilation required, and to some 
eyes is more aesthetically pleasing on OS X.

sudo gem install wxruby

And select the latest (currently 1.9.5) -darwin gem.

alex