Ruby program installed via RPM

Ruby
1

Hi,

I need to install a Ruby program that’s structured like:

bin/start_program.rb
lib/programlibs.rb (multiple files and subdirs here)
share/program.glade (xml file)
share/program.config (config file - should get installed to /etc)

  1. Anyone aware of any tools that will help me package this up into
    an installable RPM?

  2. Where should the program’s libraries get installed to?
    /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/program_subdir ?

Thanks,
Joe

2

On 8/31/06, Joe Van D. [email protected] wrote:

Hi,

I need to install a Ruby program that’s structured like:

bin/start_program.rb
lib/programlibs.rb (multiple files and subdirs here)
share/program.glade (xml file)
share/program.config (config file - should get installed to /etc)

Why not use a gem?

-austin

3

On 8/31/06, Austin Z. [email protected] wrote:

Why not use a gem?
RubyGems is not authorized for use.

Joe

4

On 8/31/06, Joe Van D. [email protected] wrote:

RubyGems is not authorized for use.

And … what’s the reasoning for this? I’m genuinely curious.

In answer to your question, I would follow the guidelines of setup.rb
and use setup.rb itself (see PDF::Writer for how setup.rb can be
extended to include non-Ruby files like your .glade files). Then I’d
wrap that in your RPM and cause “ruby setup.rb install” to be called
by the install script inside of the RPM.

However the hell you do that. :wink:

-austin

5

Joe Van D. wrote:

and use setup.rb itself (see PDF::Writer for how setup.rb can be
extended to include non-Ruby files like your .glade files). Then I’d
wrap that in your RPM and cause “ruby setup.rb install” to be called
by the install script inside of the RPM.

However the hell you do that. :wink:

Thanks, I’ll look into that.

I’ve been slowly working on one. Currently the system can generate a
basic .deb package and I have most of the code written for generating
an .rpm package too, but it’s not quite done yet.

If you’d like to work together on it, let me know.

T.

6

On 8/31/06, Austin Z. [email protected] wrote:

On 8/31/06, Joe Van D. [email protected] wrote:

RubyGems is not authorized for use.

And … what’s the reasoning for this? I’m genuinely curious.

Our company has rather strict policies on software. One of the
hazards of being a government contractor, I suppose.

In answer to your question, I would follow the guidelines of setup.rb
and use setup.rb itself (see PDF::Writer for how setup.rb can be
extended to include non-Ruby files like your .glade files). Then I’d
wrap that in your RPM and cause “ruby setup.rb install” to be called
by the install script inside of the RPM.

However the hell you do that. :wink:

Thanks, I’ll look into that.