# Is there any way to package a Ruby Shoes app into an .exe File?

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 17, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-package-a-ruby-shoes-app-into-an-exe-file/140696 "2008-06-17T17:35:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZippySwish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/50afbb/32.png) [@ZippySwish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ZippySwish)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-package-a-ruby-shoes-app-into-an-exe-file/140696/1 "2008-06-17T17:35:56Z")

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It’s not really very redistributable if I have to tell people to  
install Ruby and Shoes first…

I’ve seen the “.shy” files but couldn’t find any documentation on  
those either.

TIA

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**Author:** ![ZippySwish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/50afbb/32.png) [@ZippySwish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ZippySwish)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-package-a-ruby-shoes-app-into-an-exe-file/140696/2 "2008-06-18T08:33:37Z")

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On Tuesday 17 June 2008 10:33:58 ZippySwish wrote:

> It’s not really very redistributable if I have to tell people to  
> install Ruby and Shoes first…

I do hope you provide it that way, too, though, seeing as Ruby and Shoes  
run  
on more platforms than just Windows, and both are probably larger than  
your  
app (thus increasing download size for people stuck on dialup).

I’d look at NSIS:

[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/)

That’s not Ruby-specific or Shoes-specific, though.

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**Author:** ![ZippySwish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/50afbb/32.png) [@ZippySwish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ZippySwish)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-package-a-ruby-shoes-app-into-an-exe-file/140696/3 "2008-07-13T10:35:38Z")

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it’s easy!

run:  
shoes -p

and you get an interface to create exe for windows, man and linux!  
PS: you need the last version  
bye