# Shipping a gem with jruby.jar **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009 "2009-03-26T21:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan_zanos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009/1 "2009-03-26T21:17:34Z")
Is it possible to ship a gem with jruby.jar in a way that jruby scripts can access the gem? I’d like to do so in a way that doesn’t require installing either ruby or jruby. BTW, googling variants of ruby, gem, and shipping produces useless results. Juan ---
**Author:** ![juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan_zanos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009/2 "2009-03-26T22:14:28Z")
On Mar 26, 2009, at 13:13, Juan Z. wrote: > Is it possible to ship a gem with jruby.jar in a way that jruby > scripts can access the gem? I’d like to do so in a way that doesn’t > require installing either ruby or jruby. You need Ruby to install a gem via RubyGems, so I don’t see how this could possibly work. ---
**Author:** ![juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan_zanos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009/3 "2009-03-26T22:19:11Z")
On 26 mars 09, at 17:08, Eric H. wrote: > On Mar 26, 2009, at 13:13, Juan Z. wrote: > > > Is it possible to ship a gem with jruby.jar in a way that jruby > > scripts can access the gem? I’d like to do so in a way that > > doesn’t require installing either ruby or jruby. > > You need Ruby to install a gem via RubyGems, so I don’t see how > this could possibly work. So shipping a Ruby application that uses a gem is impossible? ---
**Author:** ![juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan_zanos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009/4 "2009-03-26T22:22:08Z")
On 26 mars 09, at 17:14, Juan Z. wrote: > So shipping a Ruby application that uses a gem is impossible? I wonder if it’s possible to write a gem to jar converter. ---
**Author:** ![juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan_zanos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009/5 "2009-03-26T22:26:50Z")
On Mar 26, 2009, at 14:14, Juan Z. wrote: > On 26 mars 09, at 17:08, Eric H. wrote: > > > On Mar 26, 2009, at 13:13, Juan Z. wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to ship a gem with jruby.jar in a way that jruby > > > scripts can access the gem? I’d like to do so in a way that > > > doesn’t require installing either ruby or jruby. > > > > You need Ruby to install a gem via RubyGems, so I don’t see how > > this could possibly work. > > So shipping a Ruby application that uses a gem is impossible? You said that you want the gem to install without ruby or jruby. Without a ruby interpreter, a gem won’t install. If you already have ruby or jruby, you can use a gem to ship an application. ---
**Author:** ![juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan_zanos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009/6 "2009-03-26T22:32:06Z")
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Juan Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I wonder if it’s possible to write a gem to jar converter. You may be interested in [JRuby 1.1.6: Gems-in-a-jar](http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2009/01/10/jruby-1-1-6-gems-in-a-jar). Feel free to hop over to the jruby lists if you want to continue the discussion. Cheers, /Nick ---
**Author:** ![juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan_zanos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009/7 "2009-03-26T22:33:16Z")
On 26 mars 09, at 17:23, Eric H. wrote: > > So shipping a Ruby application that uses a gem is impossible? > > You said that you want the gem to install without ruby or jruby. > Without a ruby interpreter, a gem won’t install. > > If you already have ruby or jruby, you can use a gem to ship an > application. Sorry for the confusion. I don’t want someone to have to separately install Ruby or JRuby. Since JRuby comes in a jar that isn’t a problem. I can run a script using just using jruby.jar. What I don’t know is how to get such a script to be able to access a gem. ---
**Author:** ![juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@juan\_zanos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juan_zanos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-a-gem-with-jruby-jar/164009/8 "2009-03-26T22:40:54Z")
On 26 mars 09, at 17:28, Nick S. wrote: > Cheers, > /Nick Thanks, I will do that. Juan