From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2010-07-24T02:55:07+09:00
Subject: Re: How to build and install Ruby

On Jul 22, 10:30 pm, Rich Leblanc <rl...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > Roger Pack wrote:
> >> Rich Leblanc wrote:
> >>> Roger Pack wrote:
>
> >> I downloaded 1.9.1p429 fromhttp://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/
> >> then downloaded "◦Ruby/Tk environment" from from
> >>http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/210186#new
>
> > Ok, I got those.
>
> >> and unpackaged it to the appropriate directory.
>
> > What does that mean? You ran the Ruby installer to create a directory
> > tree on windows, then copied "◦Ruby/Tk environment" to the "appropriate
> > directory" (whatever that is) then gave a copy of the whole resultant
> > directory tree to me? What is the "appropriate directory"? If you use
> > explicit paths it would be a lot easier for me to understand.
>
> I unzipped a .7z file from rubyinstaller,
> then followed the instructions onhttp://www.dumbo.ai.kyutech.ac.jp/~nagai/RubyTk/?Ruby/Tk-Kit
>
> specifically "Ruby/Tk environment (please extract at RubyInstaller's
> lib/ruby/1.9.1) :
> rubytk-simple-w-img_ext-20100523-for-RubyInstaller191.zip"
>
> That's it? Just copy one folder into another and start using? Now that
> wasn't so hard was it? What about compiling and rake and all that?

Please avoid the sarcasm, we all are trying to help you.

The developer of Ruby/Tk provided binaries to drop inside the
RubyInstaller's folder structure, thank him.

Also, he released the tk-win gem, which just wrap things more easily.

All the other instructions applied to compile from source, which is a
more complicated task.

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Luis Lavena