# Ruby Libraries (and Leopard)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-libraries-and-leopard/120084>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 13, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-libraries-and-leopard/120084 "2007-11-13T16:55:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jazcyk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@jazcyk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazcyk)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-libraries-and-leopard/120084/1 "2007-11-13T16:55:18Z")

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Hi,

I am wanting to experiment with SVG with Ruby, and although there is no  
gem for SVG afaik, I downloaded ruby-svg (from  
[http://ruby-svg.sourceforge.jp/](http://ruby-svg.sourceforge.jp/)).

I followed the simple install instructions (just run a ruby script) and  
the install dumped an ‘svg’ folder with the ruby-svg files inside at my  
hard drive root (/svg).

This surprised me, and Ruby obviously can’t find these files using  
“require ‘svg/svg’”, because Ruby isn’t looking here. So I was wondering  
where the normal place to put Ruby libraries like this is (where does  
Ruby normally look).

I also think that this might be very different under Mac OS X Leopard,  
because Ruby ships with the OS in a ‘frameworkised’ version, so perhaps  
the library location is different?

Any help much appreciated,

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![jazcyk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@jazcyk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazcyk)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-libraries-and-leopard/120084/2 "2007-11-14T14:51:47Z")

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Peter L. kirjoitti:

> Ruby normally look).  
> I am not sure about Leopard. But I used Yuya’s SVG lib, it works nice.  
> Thank you, Yuya!! Its what I used for the pieces in my portfolio 8)

There isn’t much to install. I didnt run any install script. Simply  
copied the “svg”-directory to the same dir as my code. I suppose if you  
have a default library path in your PATH you would want to copy the  
uncompressed lib (folder) there.

See this:  
[http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/ruby.1.html](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/ruby.1.html)

If you cant get it working otherwise, first uncompress the archive. Then  
copy the ‘svg’-directory (inside ‘lib’) with all the content TO the same  
directory you have your ruby code in (say, for example sample1.rb).  
Require it in the code with “require ‘svg/svg’”. Finally compile from  
the same directory as your ruby code (and the svg-directory) with “ruby  
yourrubyscript.rb”.

I hope that helps. Feel free to ask more.

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