From: Joshua Ballanco <jballanc@...>
Date: 2009-03-25T02:20:36+09:00
Subject: Re: how do you install a local gem?

You're welcome!

On Mar 24, 2009, at 4:25 AM, 7stud -- wrote:

> Joshua Ballanco wrote:
>> 7stud -- wrote:
>>> Stefano Crocco wrote:
>>>> This seems even more strange. The file wxruby-1.9.4.tar.gz is not  
>>>> the
>>>> gem
>>>> version, so, even if the file was automatically unzipped, it  
>>>> should be
>>>> called
>>>> wxruby-1.9.4.tar
>>>>
>>>> If you want to use rubygems, you should download this file:
>>>> http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/30889/wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem
>>>>
>>>> then use
>>>>
>>>> gem install wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem
>>>>
>>>> Stefano
>>>
>>> Whoops.  I went to this page:
>>>
>>> http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=35
>>>
>>> and I downloaded:
>>>
>>> wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem
>>>
>>> That hit my Desktop as:
>>>
>>> wxruby-1.9.4-universal-darwin.gem.tar
>>>
>>> and then I had the problems outlined in my first post.
>>
>> I recall an article on this recently (I believe from the Apple  
>> Developer
>> Connection). Apparently, due to some form of server oddness, Safari
>> seems to tack on spurious .tar and .gz extensions. You should be  
>> able to
>> simple rename the file, removing the .tar, and install as normal.
>
> I finally got around to messing with this install again, and this  
> time I
> was able to successfully install wxruby thanks to the advice given  
> here.
> I installed the latest wxruby 2.0 instead of the version mentioned  
> in my
> earlier posts.  I successfully installed the wxruby 2.0 gem which says
> it's for darwin-9 even though my system is darwin-8:
>
> $ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [universal-darwin8.0]
>
>
> I got this error trying to install:
>
> $ tar -xvf /Users/me/Desktop/wxruby-2.0.0-universal-darwin-9.gem.tar
> data.tar.gz
> tar: data.tar.gz: implausibly old time stamp 1969-12-31 17:00:00
> metadata.gz
> tar: metadata.gz: implausibly old time stamp 1969-12-31 17:00:00
> $
>
> so I changed the filename on my Desktop to:
>
> wxruby-2.0.0-universal-darwin-9.gem
>
> i.e. I removed the .tar extension on the end.  Then I changed
> directories
> to my Desktop:
>
> $ cd ~/Desktop
>
> and then commanded:
>
> ~/Desktop$ gem install wxruby-2.0.0-universal-darwin-9.gem
>
> and I immediately got a message that said wxruby installed  
> successfully.
> Wow that was fast.
>
> Ok, now to test the install.  I found a basic wxruby example here:
>
> http://book.opensourceproject.org.cn/lamp/ruby/cookbook/opensource/0596523696/rubyckbk-chp-21-sect-14.html
>
> Instead of typing in the whole example, I decided to see if requiring
> wxruby would work first.
>
> r1test.rb
> -------
> require 'wxruby'
>
>
> Nope:
>
> r1test.rb:1:in `require': No such file to load -- wxruby (LoadError)
>        from r1test.rb:1
>
> Oh yeah, there's some ruby gem weirdness about requires.  Checking my
> notes in pickaxe2, I came up with this:
>
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'wxruby'
>
> Still didn't work:
>
> /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
> `gem_original_require': No such file to load -- wxruby (LoadError)
>        from
> /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'
>        from r1test.rb:2
>
> Hmm...the basic example at the link above mentions a tutorial here:
>
> http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Getting_Started
>
> Ahh, the tutorial uses:
>
> require 'wx'
>
> Nope:
>
> r1test.rb:1:in `require': No such file to load -- wx (LoadError)
>        from r1test.rb:1
>
> Ok, how about:
>
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'wx'
>
> That worked.  On to the example:
>
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'wx'
> include Wx
>
> class TroutApp < App
>  def on_init
>    frame = Frame.new(nil, -1, "Title")
>    text = StaticText.new(frame, -1, "You are a trout!",
>              Point.new(-1, 1), DEFAULT_SIZE, ALIGN_CENTER)
>    frame.show
>  end
> end
>
> TroutApp.new.main_loop
>
> And that worked.
>
> Thanks for all the help.
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