# foxGUIb - status?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/foxguib-status/134583>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 12, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/foxguib-status/134583 "2008-04-12T11:25:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/foxguib-status/134583/1 "2008-04-12T11:25:39Z")

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This project - “a GUI creator and code generator for FXRuby” - looks  
promising, but…

- no posts to this list re foxGUIb since 09.12.2006
- forum  
([http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fox-tool-users/2006-September/date.html](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fox-tool-users/2006-September/date.html))  
has had no posts since same month.
- downloads page has had no updates since June 2006.

Is it dead?

It sure is for me, since I can’t get the install to launch. This is  
supposed to be a fully self-contained package (with it’s own ruby). It  
comes with two directories -

- libGUIb - The instructions say to install this first - has ruby, etc.  
No way of offered to skip this step, so I didn’t:

$ sudo ruby install.rb  
[sudo] password for tom:  
parsearg\_config  
install.rb: entering config phase…  
—\> lib  
\<— lib  
install.rb: config done.  
parsearg\_setup  
install.rb: entering setup phase…  
—\> lib  
\<— lib  
install.rb: setup done.  
parsearg\_install  
parsearg\_install!!! ARGV:  
install.rb: entering install phase…  
—\> lib  
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/  
install libGUIb14.rb /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/  
install libGUIb16.rb /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/  
\<— lib  
install.rb: install done.

- foxGUIb - regarding this directory, the instructions say simply  
“install foxGUIb: you can copy foxGUIb’s directory where ever you want  
to.” I read everything I could find, to shed light on what this second  
“install” is supposed to be. Couldn’t find a clarification. In the root  
of this dir there is one, only, \*.rb fle - foxGUIb.rb, so…

$ ruby foxGUIb.rb  
please install libGUIb!!  
no such file to load – fox16

Very confusing. I just installed libGUIb.

Any and all information / help anyone can provide would be appreciated.

Thanks,

t.

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**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/foxguib-status/134583/2 "2008-04-12T18:29:51Z")

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On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Tom C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> This project - “a GUI creator and code generator for FXRuby” - looks  
> promising, but…
> 
> - no posts to this list re foxGUIb since 09.12.2006
> - forum (  
> [http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fox-tool-users/2006-September/date.html](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fox-tool-users/2006-September/date.html))  
> has had no posts since same month.
> - downloads page has had no updates since June 2006.
> 
> Is it dead?

I would not say so. There has just not been a good reason to release  
another  
version.  
If you like to send in patches I will create a new release.

> install.rb: entering config phase…  
> install.rb: entering install phase…  
> supposed to be. Couldn’t find a clarification. In the root of this dir there  
> is one, only, \*.rb fle - foxGUIb.rb, so…
> 
> $ ruby foxGUIb.rb  
> please install libGUIb!!  
> no such file to load – fox16
> 
> Very confusing. I just installed libGUIb.

it seems that fxruby 1.6 is probably not installed.  
– henon

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**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/foxguib-status/134583/3 "2008-04-12T23:42:21Z")

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Meinrad R. wrote:

> > It sure is for me, since I can’t get the install to launch. This is  
> > \<— lib  
> > mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/

Henon,

Thank you. I’m happy to hear that (as I suspected!) the problem is my  
ignorance. I can fix that - I’m really not capable of offering patches,  
sadly. However, that there’s been no need to offer a new version, in two  
years, seems to me to be a testament to the quality and utility of the  
programming already done. Really good news!

As for fxruby…yes, that’s not installed. I didn’t read anywhere that  
it needed to be. I know that these things are obvious to other people,  
or to some other people, but my limited time to work with ruby means my  
depth of knowledge is always thin. A large handicap, at times. Often, in  
fact. Because of this, I’m very grateful for this list.

So…I will work on installing fxruby (which has been a problem for me),  
then return to foxGUIb. Thanks so much for your reply.

Tom

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