# Using Java POI in ruby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-java-poi-in-ruby/88087>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 8, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-java-poi-in-ruby/88087 "2007-03-08T01:59:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Captain\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Captain_R)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-java-poi-in-ruby/88087/1 "2007-03-08T01:59:50Z")

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Does anyone have any idea how to use the Ruby bindings for the Java POI  
project in ruby? The main page for the project is here:  
[POI Ruby Bindings](http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/poi-ruby.html). There seems to be some sort  
of precompiled binary file available, but attempts to load it into ruby  
lead to:

irb(main):002:0\> require ‘poi4r.so’  
LoadError: libgcj.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or  
directory - ./poi4r.so

What exactly do I need to do to get this to work? Do I need to get some  
other files as well? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

-Thanks