# BLT -- integrating into Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 9, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blt-integrating-into-ruby/75421 "2006-11-09T19:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lynchnco)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blt-integrating-into-ruby/75421/1 "2006-11-09T19:52:11Z")
Hi, BLT is a very nice graphics package. Does anyone know how to integrate it into Ruby? Thx, Pat ---
**Author:** ![lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lynchnco)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blt-integrating-into-ruby/75421/2 "2006-11-09T22:08:28Z")
On Nov 9, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Patrick L. wrote: > Hi, > BLT is a very nice graphics package. Does anyone know how to integrate > it into Ruby? require ‘tk’ require ‘tkextlib/blt’ Also, check out: [http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/ext/tk/sample/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/ext/tk/sample/) tkextlib/blt/ Regards, Morton ---
**Author:** ![lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lynchnco)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blt-integrating-into-ruby/75421/3 "2006-11-10T02:59:06Z")
From: Patrick L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Subject: BLT – integrating into Ruby Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:52:13 +0900 Message-ID: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > BLT is a very nice graphics package. Does anyone know how to integrate > it into Ruby? 1. Install BLT for your Tcl/Tk. When your Tcl/Tk and BLT libraries are installed at /usr/lib and your Ruby libraries are installed at /usr/local/lib, you may have to make a symbolic link ‘/usr/local/lib/blt’ → ‘/usr/lib/blt’ because of Tcl/Tk’s library search path. 2. Please try “ruby /tkextlib/pkg\_checker.rb”. If its output includes “Ready : blt.rb : …”, your Ruby/Tk is ready to use BLT. When includes “LACK : blt.rb : …”, please check Tcl/Tk’s library path on your Ruby/Tk. If you need some setup operation (e.g. add a library path), you can add the operation on “tkextlib/blt/setup.rb” or “tkextlib/setup.rb” which are loaded before trying to load BLT library. 3. “require ‘tkextlib/blt’” in your script. Please get the latest version of tkextlib/blt/\* from CVS. On the versions before 2006/11/07, tkextlib/blt/table.rb doesn’t work. If you see bugs or lack of support, please report it to me. I need help to find and fix such defects. # A latest example of improvement based on a user’s report is # “tkextlib/tile/treeview.rb”. ---
**Author:** ![lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lynchnco)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blt-integrating-into-ruby/75421/4 "2006-11-10T08:17:27Z")
Patrick L. wrote: > BLT is a very nice graphics package. Does anyone know how to integrate > it into Ruby? require “bacon/chunky” Sorry, couldn’t resist! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lynchnco)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/blt-integrating-into-ruby/75421/5 "2006-11-10T11:15:50Z")
On 11/10/06, John W. Long [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Sorry, couldn’t resist! 🙂 > Lettuce not even go there (: martin