Need help installing Appscript on MAC OSX 10.4.11 Power PC

[jalbers]

I downloaded appscript and it is unzipped. I started up terminal and
changed directories to the folder rb-appscript-0.5.3 and I think that
I need to do the following three commands to get it installed:

ruby extconf.rb
make
sudo make install

after typing "ruby extconf.rb", I get an error message saying "can't
find header files for ruby."

The documentation said something about "Please note that the version
of Ruby included with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is missing the header
files needed to build appscript on PPC-based Macs."

I am not very experienced with doing anything at the command prompt,
and I am starting to learn Ruby. I don't want to have to install a
new version of ruby. I probably will mess things up even more. I
also don't want to pay $200 to upgrade to OSX 10.5 which is the
highest version of OSX that a Power PC can run. Is there any simple
way to get the header files (whatever they are ??) set up so that the
extconf.rb will work?

 

[Dave Howell]

I downloaded appscript and it is unzipped. I started up terminal and
changed directories to the folder rb-appscript-0.5.3 and I think that
I need to do the following three commands to get it installed:
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ruby extconf.rb
make
sudo make install
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after typing "ruby extconf.rb", I get an error message saying "can't
find header files for ruby."
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The documentation said something about "Please note that the version
of Ruby included with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is missing the header
files needed to build appscript on PPC-based Macs."
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I am not very experienced with doing anything at the command prompt,
and I am starting to learn Ruby. I don't want to have to install a
new version of ruby.=20

I'm afraid that's really your best option. The version of Ruby that =
shipped with 10.4 was, if I recall correctly, pretty darn old even at =
the time it shipped. 1.8.2? Or maybe 1.8.4? You will probably have fewer =
difficulties in the long run if you install 1.8.7 or the shiny new =
1.9.2.=20

However, I think you should be able to find a newer version of ruby that =
can be installed without using the command prompt. Somebody has built =
pkg files for installing Ruby, so it can be installed like any normal =
Mac app.=20