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dharris001
dharris001

Reputation: 409

How to package ruby shoes apps on OSX 10.7

I have been making an app using Ruby Shoes. I am happy with how it turned out and would like to share it with some friends. However, the GUI packager doesn't work in OSX and the Windows packager only seems to make a .shy file. I've been reading around looking for solutions and I don't understand any of them. Can someone clearly explain step-by-step how to package a Ruby Shoes app to say a DMG or an EXE file?

Upvotes: 27

Views: 2380

Answers (2)

shbaldw
shbaldw

Reputation: 145

Check this out.
Compiling/Package a Shoes.app to a standalone Mac.app?
[How?] "By compiling your app and Shoes together. This is what I do with Hackety Hack. Totally works."

Upvotes: 0

projectdelphai
projectdelphai

Reputation: 461

Personally, I prefer to use green_shoes. Green_shoes is a pure ruby gem that you require in your ruby code instead of a program that packages your ruby code. This way, you can use a program such as ocra to make your ruby file into exe. While it is sort of a hack, I feel that it is better than requiring your users to install shoes to run your program.

Upvotes: 1

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