From: "Marvin Gülker" <sutniuq@...>
Date: 2010-05-06T02:28:58+09:00
Subject: Re: How to use Ruby portable?

balzer wrote:
> I downloaded  Ruby binaries, ruby-1.8.7-p72-i386-mswin32.zip  I' 
> wondering
> if it's possible configure all package of Ruby   environment as a 
> "Portable
> App" , the
> idea is to have a fully-functional Ruby environment that executes 
> entirely
> from hard drive  (or USB stick) eaving no footprint whatsoever on the
> machine it's run on -- no registry entries, no configuration files, etc. 
> If
> I just unzip all Ruby package into 2nd hard drive, how to run Ruby 
> files?
> Should I put programs inside some of Ruby directory?
> 
> Will Ruby write to registry on interact with Windows programs?

No, Ruby doesn't write any registry entries. That's beacuse Ruby IS 
already quite portable - it runs on nearly every OS and a Registry is 
quite Windows-specific.

So, just unzip your Ruby wherever you want it. In order to start ruby, 
just do:
----------
C:\> I:
I:\> ruby\bin\ruby -v
----------
or whatever drive letter your USB device gets and however the ruby 
directory  is named.

Marvin
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