From: Stu Date: 2011-05-11T11:47:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Activity If you use macports this is how you enable the variant flag: % port -v install ruby +tk or for 1.9.x: % port -v install ruby19 +tk rvm will install it as default. There is documentation on the rvm site for further integration with macports and tk ~Stu On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Patrick Lynch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm actually using a Mac with Snow Leopard... > At the Bash command line: the command tclsh invokes TCL, so it is installed > on my machine... > However, in irb: require 'tk' gives an error message... > > I'd appreciate any advice...quite frankly, I don't know how to install TCL > with Ruby gems... > > Thank you > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Christopherson" > > To: "ruby-talk ML" > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:00 PM > Subject: Re: Ruby Activity > > >> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Patrick Lynch >> wrote: >>> >>> I'm using Ruby 1.8.7 and it does not contain TK... >>> ie, in irb: 'require TK' returns error 'no such file to load...' >> >> It's actually not built into the RubyInstaller Windows versions. Maybe >> there are other distributions that it's not built into either. (You >> can install Tcl/Tk yourself and then use the tk_as_gem gem to get it.) >> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu" >>> To: "ruby-talk ML" >>> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 4:31 PM >>> Subject: Re: Ruby Activity >>> >>> >>>> Ruby comes with tk build in. While your investigating which toolkits >>>> are right for your project that on is distributed with the language to >>>> play with right off the bat. >>>> >>>> ~Stu >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Bobby S. wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is ruby still being developed? The official site has last release in >>>>> dec >>>>> 2010. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The other thing is are any of the GUI toolkits still being developed. >>>>> Most of them date back to 2009 or later. >>>>> >>>>> I love ruby but I went looking for a GUI toolkit today and found no >>>>> active ones then I started looking at ruby for the reason and now I am >>>>> worried. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >