From: Gawnsoft <xlucid@...>
Date: 2003-08-31T04:23:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Beginning to use FxRuby - help, please

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:57:32 -0500, Lyle Johnson <lyle@knology.net>
wrote (more or less):

>Gawnsoft wrote:
>
>> I've just installed FxRuby
>> 
>> When I type 
>>      irb>   require 'fox'
>> 
>> Instead of 'true', I get the message:
>>      LoadError: No such file to load -- fox
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _________________________________________________________
>> 
>> I've installed the PragProg Windows version of Ruby 1.6.8, which has
>> set up the following filepaths:
>> 
>>     REM Ruby Install -- do not edit this line
>>     set TCL_LIBRARY=D:\Programs\Coding\Ruby\tcl\lib\tcl8.3
>>     set RUBY_TCL_DLL=D:\Programs\Coding\Ruby\tcl\bin\tcl83.dll
>>     set RUBY_TK_DLL=D:\Programs\Coding\Ruby\tcl\bin\tk83.dll
>>     set path=%path%;D:\Programs\Coding\Ruby\bin
>>     REM Ruby Install -- do not edit this line
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The fox stuff has been installed to:
>>      D:\Programs\Coding\Ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.6\fox
>>      D:\Programs\Coding\Ruby\samples\FXRuby
>>      D:\Programs\Coding\Ruby\doc\FXRuby
>
>OK, so for some reason Ruby is not seeing the "fox.so" shared library, 
>which on your system should have been installed to:
>
>     D:\Programs\Coding\Ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.6\i586-mswin32
>
>Is that file present? 

Yes, in the directory you cited.

> If it is, what do you get when you print the 
>contents of Ruby's library path from irb:
>
>     irb> $:

["/cygdrive/d/PROGRAMS/CODING/RUBY/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/i386-cygwin",
"/cygdrive/d/PROGRAMS/CODING/RUBY/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6",
"/cygdrive/d/PROGRAMS/CODING/RUBY/lib/ruby/site_ruby",
"/cygdrive/d/PROGRAMS/CODING/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/i386-cygwin",
"/cygdrive/d/PROGRAMS/CODING/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6", "."]

Thanks for your help..



Cheers, 
   Euan
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