win32API problem running ocra in linux

[Max Williams]

hi all.

I'm in linux and need to make an executable version of a script for one
of my windows-using colleagues to run. I tried with rubyscript2exe
originally and gave up after various problems and reading about
workarounds which looked like a nightmare.

So, i'm giving ocra a go. But, it's failing with the following error:

=== Loading script to check dependencies
=== WARNING: I18n::Backend::ActiveRecord was not loadable
[memcache-client] Could not load SystemTimer gem, falling back to Ruby's slower/unsafe timeout library: no such file to load -- system_timer
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- Win32API (MissingSourceFile)
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require'
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ocra-1.1.3/bin/ocra:338:in `loaded_dlls'
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ocra-1.1.3/bin/ocra:364:in `detect_dlls'
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ocra-1.1.3/bin/ocra:257:in `build_exe'
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/ocra-1.1.3/bin/ocra:461
from /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/ocra:19

I tried installing the win32-api gem but the install failed. Can this
gem even be installed in linux?

Grateful for any advice, max

 

[Lars Christensen]

I'm in linux and need to make an executable version of a script for one
of my windows-using colleagues to run. =A0I tried with rubyscript2exe
originally and gave up after various problems and reading about
workarounds which looked like a nightmare.

So, i'm giving ocra a go. =A0But, it's failing with the following error:

You can't build Ocra executables on Linux, because it requires a
Windows version of the Ruby interpreter to include. RubyInstaller with
Wine might be an option though, but you will have to invoke Ocra using
Wine too.

 

[Max Williams]

You can't build Ocra executables on Linux, because it requires a
Windows version of the Ruby interpreter to include. RubyInstaller with
Wine might be an option though, but you will have to invoke Ocra using
Wine too.

doh. the whole reason i want to do this is so my non-ruby-owning
windows-using colleague can have an exe. I guess i'll have to go back
to trying to get rubyscript2exe working then. Is there anything else
that will work in linux for this, do you know?

thanks, max