From: Peter Lindberg <peter@...>
Date: 2002-08-07T00:45:49+09:00
Subject: Distributing Ruby apps

Hi,

I'm sorry if this is a common question, but I haven't been able to find 
this information using Google.

I have a small Ruby app/tool that I would want to write an install 
script for. But I'm unsure about where to install class files that are 
specific to my app. I know that some distributions copy the class files 
to site-ruby, but that doesn't feel correct to me.

Another approach simply does a cat *.rb > myapp, but that doesn't feel 
right either.

Basically, I have one Ruby script which is the "command" and will be 
copied to /usr/local/bin. I have thought about copying the class files 
to /usr/local/lib/appname and adding this directory to the search path 
($:.push "/usr/local..."). Is this the standard way of doing it?

Thanks,

/P.
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Peter Lindberg
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