From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2003-07-24T18:39:35+09:00
Subject: Running a Ruby installation off a CD (under Windows)

I've written some stuff I'd like to show to someone who doesn't already have Ruby installed.

So, I plan to try copying an install of Ruby for Windows onto a CD-ROM.  My stuff is purely console-based, so all I need is ruby.exe and the libraries (and relatively few of those, I guess).

I'm asuming I can create a batch file to set up the appropriate environment variables to allow ruby.exe to find the libraries (although, that will presumably require tweaking, to stick in the drive letter of their CD-ROM).

Before I start hacking at it, has anyone tried to do this before?  If so, any advice?

Thanks in advance,

Harry O.