Recent Posts by Eric Monti

Topic: FXRuby / Fxruby installation

Lyle I just got my copy of the combo. Thanks for this. I’ve been looking long and hard for a capable cross-platform GUI toolkit for ruby and a guide for getting familiar with it quickly.

A note of advice after skimming the installation section. For your final print of the book, I’d highly recommend including both the macports install or David Rupp’s procedure. Personally, I don’t have major objections with using macports, but if I can avoid it, I will. I have several colleagues (with whom I’ll probably be sharing some of the fruits of my FXRuby labors) who would probably pitch a fit at the notion of installing a /usr/local or /opt/local instance of ruby when they could stick with the Apple provided 1.8.6 version that comes with Leopard.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank David for his concise post on the installation steps and recommend this as an option for anybody else looking to get up and running quickly with FXRuby and avoiding the macports multiple instance scenario.

Cheers!