# FXruby in all Distros? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 1, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-in-all-distros/90756 "2007-04-01T02:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/superwick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-in-all-distros/90756/1 "2007-04-01T02:05:52Z")
Greetings. Pardon the newbie Ruby question, but is FXRUBY included with all distro’s of Ruby? I have been experimenting with Ruby doing character-based stuff, but now I want to begin doing some basic graphical UI. When I send my next program to a my buddy who uses MacOS X, I want to know if the program is going to run, or not. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/superwick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-in-all-distros/90756/2 "2007-04-01T02:16:22Z")
On 3/31/07, Chad W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Pardon the newbie Ruby question, but is FXRUBY included with all > distro’s of Ruby? I have been experimenting with Ruby doing > character-based stuff, but now I want to begin doing some basic > graphical UI. > > When I send my next program to a my buddy who uses MacOS X, I want to > know if the program is going to run, or not. FXRuby is not part of the standard Ruby library, but I’m not sure if that’s the question that you’re asking. FXRuby is included with the Ruby O.-Click installer for Windows, which includes not only the standard Ruby distribution but also a number of third-party libraries (such as FXRuby). FXRuby runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, so yes, your friend would be able to run programs that you’ve written – as long as he installs FXRuby first. As far as I know, there’s no package like the one-click installer for Mac OS X. Hope this helps, Lyle ---
**Author:** ![superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/superwick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-in-all-distros/90756/3 "2007-04-01T12:32:08Z")
Who needs one click installers when you have gems? Does gems come default on OS X? I have gems on it but I can’t remember whether I installed it myself or if it came with the computer. Wim ---
**Author:** ![superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/superwick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-in-all-distros/90756/4 "2007-04-01T03:08:19Z")
> FXRuby runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, so yes, your friend would > be able to run programs that you’ve written – as long as he installs > FXRuby first. As far as I know, there’s no package like the one-click > installer for Mac OS X. > > Hope this helps, That is EXACTLY the answer I was looking for. Thank you. -w ---
**Author:** ![superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/superwick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-in-all-distros/90756/5 "2007-04-01T12:48:35Z")
Chad W. wrote: > Pardon the newbie Ruby question, but is FXRUBY included with all > distro’s of Ruby? No. It’s not included, and installing it can be quite complicated on some platforms. Have you thought about using TK? It should be included in every Ruby installation, it even works on Mac OS X out of the box. ---
**Author:** ![superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@superwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/superwick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-in-all-distros/90756/6 "2007-04-01T16:24:25Z")
Wim Vander S. wrote: > Who needs one click installers when you have gems? Ever tried “gem ruby -r -y” on the Windows command line where no Ruby is installed? That’s why: Not all OSes or Linux distros come with Ruby installed per default, or don’t have a current version in their packet management repositories. While you can compile Ruby under Linux (doing so is mostly trivial), Windows users aren’t so lucky. – Phillip “CynicalRyan” Gawlowski [http://cynicalryan.110mb.com/](http://cynicalryan.110mb.com/) Rule of Open-Source Programming #48: The number of items on a project’s to-do list always grows or remains constant.