# Installing Tk **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-tk/189801 "2010-06-08T03:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jcubed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jcubed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcubed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-tk/189801/1 "2010-06-08T03:00:31Z")
Hello ruby forums, Cutting straight to the case, I just recently bought a new mac computer, and I am having trouble getting ruby to work with Tk. I had extraneous trouble getting Tk to work on my old computer, but my new one seems to have no version of Tk on it at all. Whereas before I had some version of Tk installed (while outdated it still worked very well) now I have none, which seems odd as all the tutorials I have viewed refer to some version of tk pre-existing! $ irb > require ‘tk’ > LoadError: no such file to load – tk > from (irb):1:in `require’ > from (irb):1 > from :0 My version of ruby is: $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [x86\_64-darwin10] I am not very good at binding or compiling or making applications on terminal, but I do consider myself somewhat good at using the terminal. I need ruby to work with Tk ASAP!!! Any links, solutions, or code, would be very appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![jcubed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jcubed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcubed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-tk/189801/2 "2010-06-08T10:51:37Z")
From: Jesse J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Subject: Installing Tk Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:00:33 +0900 Message-ID: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > My version of ruby is: > $ ruby -v > ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [x86\_64-darwin10] The ruby binary is compiled for x86\_64, but Tcl/Tk frameworks are compiled for i386 (not for x86\_64). Maybe, the inconsistency is the reason of why no tcltklib is installed. I think that you need build Tcl/Tk libraries for x86\_64 (probably, have to download latest Tcl/Tk sources from CVS to compile on Mac OS X 10.6) or build ruby binary for i386 with tcltklib. If you can read Japanese, please read [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-list/46965](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-list/46965) I’m not familiar with Mac OS X. So, I’m sorry if I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![jcubed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jcubed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcubed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-tk/189801/3 "2010-06-08T23:36:14Z")
Jesse J. wrote: > That makes some sense… I installed Tcl/Tk through [activestate.com](http://activestate.com)… > Does anyone have a specific link to a tutorial for what I need… I > don’t want to download a bunch of resource files that I won’t be able to > find and delete if they are not the ones I need. Got it to work using a one click installer that included tk [http://rubyosx.rubyforge.org/](http://rubyosx.rubyforge.org/) ---
**Author:** ![jcubed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jcubed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jcubed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-tk/189801/4 "2010-06-08T23:31:09Z")
Hidetoshi NAGAI wrote: > From: Jesse J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Subject: Installing Tk > Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:00:33 +0900 > Message-ID: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > > My version of ruby is: > > $ ruby -v > > ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [x86\_64-darwin10] > > The ruby binary is compiled for x86\_64, but Tcl/Tk frameworks are > compiled for i386 (not for x86\_64). Maybe, the inconsistency is the > reason of why no tcltklib is installed. > > I think that you need build Tcl/Tk libraries for x86\_64 (probably, > have to download latest Tcl/Tk sources from CVS to compile on Mac OS X > 10.6) or build ruby binary for i386 with tcltklib. > > If you can read Japanese, please read > [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-list/46965](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-list/46965) > > I’m not familiar with Mac OS X. So, I’m sorry if I’m wrong. That makes some sense… I installed Tcl/Tk through [activestate.com](http://activestate.com)… Does anyone have a specific link to a tutorial for what I need… I don’t want to download a bunch of resource files that I won’t be able to find and delete if they are not the ones I need.