# Ruby/Tk and OS X--deployment question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-and-os-x-deployment-question/89502>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 20, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-and-os-x-deployment-question/89502 "2007-03-20T21:50:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-and-os-x-deployment-question/89502/1 "2007-03-20T21:50:46Z")

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I’m learning GUI programming with Ruby/Tk on Mac OS X (10.4.9). How does  
one deploy standalone Ruby applications on OS X, especially if you are  
not using Ruby-Cocoa? Is there a tool like py2app (Python) that gathers  
up the libraries and frameworks and scripts and generates a standalone  
app bundle?

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**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-and-os-x-deployment-question/89502/2 "2007-03-20T21:58:47Z")

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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007, Kevin W. wrote:

> I’m learning GUI programming with Ruby/Tk on Mac OS X (10.4.9). How does one  
> deploy standalone Ruby applications on OS X, especially if you are not using  
> Ruby-Cocoa? Is there a tool like py2app (Python) that gathers up the  
> libraries and frameworks and scripts and generates a standalone app bundle?

google rubyscript2exe.

-a

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**Author:** ![inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@inspire22](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/inspire22)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-and-os-x-deployment-question/89502/3 "2007-03-21T03:44:19Z")

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On Mar 20, 2007, at 4:58 PM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> google rubyscript2exe.  
> Although the RubyScript2Exe website mentions OS X support, it seems  
> to be very experimental. How well does it work on OS X?. Can you make  
> a double-clickable .app package with it?

I have been able to use Automator to make a Finder launchable app  
that runs a Ruby/Tk script. I was even able to install my own Finder  
icons (.icns) into it. Doing it with Automator is somewhat kludgy and  
the resulting package has about a 220 KB footprint, but process is  
simple and reliable.

Regards, Morton

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**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-and-os-x-deployment-question/89502/4 "2007-03-21T09:39:42Z")

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On 20 Mar 2007, at 20:50, Kevin W. wrote:

> I’m learning GUI programming with Ruby/Tk on Mac OS X (10.4.9). How  
> does one deploy standalone Ruby applications on OS X, especially if  
> you are not using Ruby-Cocoa? Is there a tool like py2app (Python)  
> that gathers up the libraries and frameworks and scripts and  
> generates a standalone app bundle?

> **[Platypus - Create Mac apps from command line scripts](http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus)**
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> Sveinbjörn's personal website. Also some open source software stuff.

Dave.