From: dagbrown@... (Dave Brown)
Date: 2003-08-21T04:51:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Distributing a application

In article <1174184482.20030818152725@syspoint.com.br>,
Andr� Wagner <andre@syspoint.com.br> wrote:
: Hi
: 
: I'm thinking about distributing a application (a game, to be more
: specific) written in Ruby using the GTK+ library and ruby-gtk. Is
: there a way that I could distribute my application without having to
: distribute Ruby along? Or there's any other option I do not know about?
: 
: My application is meant to be used in any OS, so any hints for any OS
: would be helpful.

Check out "rbconfig" and "ftools".  "rbconfig" to tell you about
the Ruby installation and "ftools" to help you copy files here and
there.

My modest little Ruby app includes a script "install.rb" which I
pirated ( :-) ) from someone else's package, which installs the
application.

    http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gurgitate-mail/install.rb?rev=1.1&cvsroot=gurgitate-mail

--Dave
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