From: Max Williams <toastkid.williams@...>
Date: 2010-02-04T21:30:58+09:00
Subject: Re: win32API problem running ocra in linux

Lars Christensen wrote:
> 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.

doh.  the whole reason i want to do this is so my non-ruby-owning 
windows-using colleague can have an exe.  I guess i'll have to go back 
to trying to get rubyscript2exe working then.  Is there anything else 
that will work in linux for this, do you know?

thanks, max
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