From: Lars Christensen <larschbelunktumdk@...>
Date: 2010-02-04T21:12:50+09:00
Subject: Re: win32API problem running ocra in linux

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Max Williams
<toastkid.williams@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in linux and need to make an executable version of a script for one
> of my windows-using colleagues to run.  I tried with rubyscript2exe
> originally and gave up after various problems and reading about
> workarounds which looked like a nightmare.
>
> So, i'm giving ocra a go.  But, it's failing with the following error:
>
>>/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- Win32API (MissingSourceFile)
>>  from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'

You can't build Ocra executables on Linux, because it requires a
Windows version of the Ruby interpreter to include. RubyInstaller with
Wine might be an option though, but you will have to invoke Ocra using
Wine too.