From: bobx@... (Bob)
Date: 2002-03-21T21:45:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby/Tk on OSX

Chris Gehlker <gehlker@fastq.com> wrote in message news:<B8BE6711.DA32%gehlker@fastq.com>...
> On 3/20/02 8:42 AM, "Jack Herrington" <jack_d_herrington@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone had any success running Ruby/Tk on OSX.
> > 
> > Curently I am stuck at the:
> > 
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/Tk.rb:7:in `require': No such file to load --
> > tcltklib (LoadError)
> >       from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/Tk.rb:7
> >       from -:1:in `require'
> >       from -:1
> > 
> > Phase of the problem.  I'm not sure why this is an issue, since
> > tcltklib seems to compile with the Ruby distribution.   But I can't
> > find where it is going.
> > 
> 
> I don't think so. It's looking for a file named tcltklib.rb and not finding
> it. I searched through the install directory and it's not there so the
> install must be supposed to make it. But it doesn't.
> 
> The problem seems to be in extconf.rb. Look at find_tcl() and in particular
> the definition of paths. I don't see how this is going to find the tk/tcl
> stuff in /System/Library/Frameworks.
> 
> So much of the install just works that there must be a better definition of
> paths elsewhere that we could ask Matz to plug in. I'd chase it down but I
> have to do something else now. If you do figure it out, please post.
> 
> Otherwise, I'll figure it out "someday."

Tcl is on OSX...Tk is not...unless you get the 8.4a version but I
don't know if that breaks Ruby/Tk or not.