# What is easies gui to install ? - tk, gtk, fxruby etc

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-easies-gui-to-install-tk-gtk-fxruby-etc/196024>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 5, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-easies-gui-to-install-tk-gtk-fxruby-etc/196024 "2010-10-05T18:40:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jedrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@Jedrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jedrin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-easies-gui-to-install-tk-gtk-fxruby-etc/196024/1 "2010-10-05T18:40:36Z")

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What is the easiest gui to install and use with ruby such as tk, gtk,  
fxruby,qtruby, etc ?

There is all kinds of builds and stuff to figure out it seems … the  
easier the better … a few yum installs and gem install would be  
nice …

I have centos 5 64 bit

thanks

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**Author:** ![Jedrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@Jedrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jedrin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-easies-gui-to-install-tk-gtk-fxruby-etc/196024/2 "2010-10-05T19:13:22Z")

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You can install qtruby by making sure you have qt4 installed, and then  
‘gem install qtbindings’.

It’s pretty easy.

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**Author:** ![Jedrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@Jedrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jedrin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-easies-gui-to-install-tk-gtk-fxruby-etc/196024/3 "2010-10-05T19:22:09Z")

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Snow Leopard on a Mac! Even if you’re totally blind you can do it  
because if you fail to respond to the screen, your computer starts  
talking to you. Windows can’t do that with any version and I doubt  
Microsoft will manage to do it during my lifetime. The G.U.I. with the  
fewest questions has to be Ubuntu with its ubiquity installer once orca  
comes up and only 7 steps to a basic install.

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**Author:** ![Jedrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@Jedrin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jedrin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-easies-gui-to-install-tk-gtk-fxruby-etc/196024/4 "2010-10-05T19:55:31Z")

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On Oct 5, 1:10 pm, Steve K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> You can install qtruby by making sure you have qt4 installed, and then  
> ‘gem install qtbindings’.
> 
> It’s pretty easy.

This is as far as I got … thanks

yum install qt4  
yum install cmake

yum install qt4-devel

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib64/qt4/bin/  
gem install qtbindings

Build files have been written to: /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build  
cd ext/build; make  
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build' make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build’  
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build' Scanning dependencies of target cppparser make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build’  
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build' [1%] Building CXX object generator/parser/CMakeFiles/cppparser.dir/ ast.o [2%] Building CXX object generator/parser/CMakeFiles/cppparser.dir/ default_visitor.o [3%] Building CXX object generator/parser/CMakeFiles/cppparser.dir/ memorypool.o [3%] Building CXX object generator/parser/CMakeFiles/cppparser.dir/ visitor.o [4%] Building CXX object generator/parser/CMakeFiles/cppparser.dir/ control.o [5%] Building CXX object generator/parser/CMakeFiles/cppparser.dir/ lexer.o /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/generator/parser/ kdevvarlengtharray.h:60: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘typedef’ /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/generator/parser/ lexer.cpp:32: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘void’ make[3]: *** [generator/parser/CMakeFiles/cppparser.dir/lexer.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build’  
make[2]: \*\*\* [generator/parser/CMakeFiles/cppparser.dir/all] Error 2  
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
qtbindings-4.6.3.0/ext/build’  
make: \*\*\* [build] Error 2

Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
qtbindings-4.6.3.0 for inspection.  
Results logged to /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/qtbindings-4.6.3.0/  
gem\_make.out
