# Creating an exe package for a ruby program (not rubyscript2exe)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-exe-package-for-a-ruby-program-not-rubyscript2exe/133245>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 29, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-exe-package-for-a-ruby-program-not-rubyscript2exe/133245 "2008-03-29T07:45:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![llothar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@llothar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llothar)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-exe-package-for-a-ruby-program-not-rubyscript2exe/133245/1 "2008-03-29T07:45:53Z")

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I remember there was a tool from a japanese guy who created real exe  
files from ruby programs.  
Not a simple hidden unzipper like rubyscript2exe. It stored bytecodes  
for ruby source files and was also able to pack DLL’s.

Does anyone remember this project. Is it still alive - it was some  
years ago that i tried it.

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**Author:** ![llothar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@llothar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llothar)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-an-exe-package-for-a-ruby-program-not-rubyscript2exe/133245/2 "2008-03-29T11:26:05Z")

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On Mar 29, 3:41 am, llothar [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I remember there was a tool from a japanese guy who created real exe  
> files from ruby programs.  
> Not a simple hidden unzipper like rubyscript2exe. It stored bytecodes  
> for ruby source files and was also able to pack DLL’s.
> 
> Does anyone remember this project. Is it still alive - it was some  
> years ago that i tried it.

I dones’t store ruby bytecode, it packs extensions, source files and  
everything behind a customize ruby interpreter.

The tool you’re commenting is exerb:

[http://exerb.sourceforge.jp/index.en.html](http://exerb.sourceforge.jp/index.en.html)

You will require to compile by hand (ruby and the extension) since I  
couldn’t find an up-to-date version for latests ruby.

HTH,