From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2003-07-25T18:30:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Running a Ruby installation off a CD (under Windows)

nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:

> You don't have to do it.  Since 1.6, ruby.exe sets $LOAD_PATH
> according to its own path.
> 
> e.g.,
> 
>   $(TOPDIR)/lib/ruby/site_ruby/$(VERSION)
>   $(TOPDIR)/lib/ruby/site_ruby/$(VERSION)/$(SITE_ARCH)
>   $(TOPDIR)/lib/ruby/site_ruby/
>   $(TOPDIR)/lib/ruby/$(VERSION)
>   $(TOPDIR)/lib/ruby/$(VERSION)/$(ARCH)
>   .
> 
> where VERSION is 1.6 or 1.8, ARCH is same to RUBY_PLATFORM,
> SITE_ARCH is i386-msvcrt for 1.8 on mswin32 and mingw32, or
> same to ARCH otherwise.  TOPDIR is the ruby.exe's directory
> with the last "/bin" removed.

That's pretty much what I discovered.  I did set the TCL environment variables, though.  Maybe I don't even need those, but I haven't tried running anything that used TK yet, so I'm not sure.

Harry O.