Running a selfwritten ruby program outside of an IDE
I was wondering if it was possible to run a selfwritten ruby program just like any other program by double-clicking an icon of some sort.
And if it's possible, how do I do it?
I wrote a little program for a friend but I don't want him to have to use the command line to run it, because that's rather inconvenient (unless there is a way to just double-click and the command line opens the program itself..).
Thanks for your help!
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asked Nov 11 '18 at 13:30
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I was wondering if it was possible to run a selfwritten ruby program just like any other program by double-clicking an icon of some sort.
And if it's possible, how do I do it?
I wrote a little program for a friend but I don't want him to have to use the command line to run it, because that's rather inconvenient (unless there is a way to just double-click and the command line opens the program itself..).
Thanks for your help!
ruby
asked Nov 11 '18 at 13:30
Brunhilde LineBrunhilde Line
174
1
Creating a batch script that runs the command for them is the simple option. What OS are you/they on?
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 13:32
I'm on Windows 10 he should be on Windows 7
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 13:35
Or you can use a 'packager' like ruby-packer
– Axe
Nov 11 '18 at 13:36
add a comment |
I was wondering if it was possible to run a selfwritten ruby program just like any other program by double-clicking an icon of some sort.
And if it's possible, how do I do it?
I wrote a little program for a friend but I don't want him to have to use the command line to run it, because that's rather inconvenient (unless there is a way to just double-click and the command line opens the program itself..).
Thanks for your help!
ruby
asked Nov 11 '18 at 13:30
Brunhilde LineBrunhilde Line
174
I was wondering if it was possible to run a selfwritten ruby program just like any other program by double-clicking an icon of some sort.
And if it's possible, how do I do it?
I wrote a little program for a friend but I don't want him to have to use the command line to run it, because that's rather inconvenient (unless there is a way to just double-click and the command line opens the program itself..).
Thanks for your help!
ruby
ruby
asked Nov 11 '18 at 13:30
Brunhilde LineBrunhilde Line
174
asked Nov 11 '18 at 13:30
Brunhilde LineBrunhilde Line
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asked Nov 11 '18 at 13:30
Brunhilde LineBrunhilde Line
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asked Nov 11 '18 at 13:30
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asked Nov 11 '18 at 13:30
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Creating a batch script that runs the command for them is the simple option. What OS are you/they on?
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 13:32
I'm on Windows 10 he should be on Windows 7
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 13:35
Or you can use a 'packager' like ruby-packer
– Axe
Nov 11 '18 at 13:36
add a comment |
1
Creating a batch script that runs the command for them is the simple option. What OS are you/they on?
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 13:32
I'm on Windows 10 he should be on Windows 7
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 13:35
Or you can use a 'packager' like ruby-packer
– Axe
Nov 11 '18 at 13:36
1
1
Creating a batch script that runs the command for them is the simple option. What OS are you/they on?
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 13:32
Creating a batch script that runs the command for them is the simple option. What OS are you/they on?
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 13:32
I'm on Windows 10 he should be on Windows 7
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 13:35
I'm on Windows 10 he should be on Windows 7
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 13:35
Or you can use a 'packager' like ruby-packer
– Axe
Nov 11 '18 at 13:36
Or you can use a 'packager' like ruby-packer
– Axe
Nov 11 '18 at 13:36
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The simple answer that should work for all versions of Windows is to just create a simple batch launcher.
Create a .bat file. I usually just create a new .txt file via "right click > new > text document". Then rename it, highlight everything, including the extension, and rename it to something like run.bat. The .bat part is important. Once you rename it, the icon should change to gears. If you can't overwrite the extension, or Windows is still treating it as a text document, you'll need to either manually save it as a bat, or disable "hide file extensions" in the explorer settings so the extension can be changed.
Edit the bat file, and put into it something like:
@echo off
YOUR RUN COMMAND HERE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY TYPE MANUALLY
pause
Paste the command that you would normally run manually where the capital text is. The first line is so it doesn't repeat the commands back, and the pause is so if an error happens, the command prompt doesn't immediately close. This gives you a chance to read the error.
Save it and close it. Now, if you double click on the bat file, your program should run.
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:42
CarcigenicateCarcigenicate
17.6k43158
Not necessary I already made it work, Thank you!
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 17:38
@BrunhildeLine One thing I'll note with using this approach though is that bat files are often used for malicious purposes since they can automate arbitrary commands. If the person you're sending this too doesn't necessarily trust you, or have the knowledge required to read what the bat is doing, they may be sketched out having to run a bat file. If they want a nice, ready to use executable, you might need to look at a Ruby-specific approach.
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
Multiple ways
- if it's for occasional use and for one script only I would pack it
to a Windows executable with Ocra, then you can double click
the .exe itself or a link to it - same as above but use jRuby and create a .jar file, not for beginners though
- the easiest: if you configure Windows to start/run .rb files with your ruby.exe you can double click the .rb files itself and they
will execute, they will have the red Ruby stone icon - if you run a .reg file to enable drap and drop on .rb files you can combine the previous technique to drop files on the script and
they will be the parameters to the script, see my answer here for the reg file - my favorite: copy the .rb to your windows
"C:Usersyour_userAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo"
folder, then you can right click file(s) or folder(s) and select
sendto and select your script, the files or folder will again be the
parameters for your script - you can create a .bat or .cmd file that starts with the path to your ruby.exe and the script as parameter, use rubyw.exe if you
don't want output
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The simple answer that should work for all versions of Windows is to just create a simple batch launcher.
Create a .bat file. I usually just create a new .txt file via "right click > new > text document". Then rename it, highlight everything, including the extension, and rename it to something like run.bat. The .bat part is important. Once you rename it, the icon should change to gears. If you can't overwrite the extension, or Windows is still treating it as a text document, you'll need to either manually save it as a bat, or disable "hide file extensions" in the explorer settings so the extension can be changed.
Edit the bat file, and put into it something like:
@echo off
YOUR RUN COMMAND HERE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY TYPE MANUALLY
pause
Paste the command that you would normally run manually where the capital text is. The first line is so it doesn't repeat the commands back, and the pause is so if an error happens, the command prompt doesn't immediately close. This gives you a chance to read the error.
Save it and close it. Now, if you double click on the bat file, your program should run.
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:42
CarcigenicateCarcigenicate
17.6k43158
Not necessary I already made it work, Thank you!
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 17:38
@BrunhildeLine One thing I'll note with using this approach though is that bat files are often used for malicious purposes since they can automate arbitrary commands. If the person you're sending this too doesn't necessarily trust you, or have the knowledge required to read what the bat is doing, they may be sketched out having to run a bat file. If they want a nice, ready to use executable, you might need to look at a Ruby-specific approach.
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
The simple answer that should work for all versions of Windows is to just create a simple batch launcher.
Create a .bat file. I usually just create a new .txt file via "right click > new > text document". Then rename it, highlight everything, including the extension, and rename it to something like run.bat. The .bat part is important. Once you rename it, the icon should change to gears. If you can't overwrite the extension, or Windows is still treating it as a text document, you'll need to either manually save it as a bat, or disable "hide file extensions" in the explorer settings so the extension can be changed.
Edit the bat file, and put into it something like:
@echo off
YOUR RUN COMMAND HERE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY TYPE MANUALLY
pause
Paste the command that you would normally run manually where the capital text is. The first line is so it doesn't repeat the commands back, and the pause is so if an error happens, the command prompt doesn't immediately close. This gives you a chance to read the error.
Save it and close it. Now, if you double click on the bat file, your program should run.
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:42
CarcigenicateCarcigenicate
17.6k43158
Not necessary I already made it work, Thank you!
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 17:38
@BrunhildeLine One thing I'll note with using this approach though is that bat files are often used for malicious purposes since they can automate arbitrary commands. If the person you're sending this too doesn't necessarily trust you, or have the knowledge required to read what the bat is doing, they may be sketched out having to run a bat file. If they want a nice, ready to use executable, you might need to look at a Ruby-specific approach.
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
The simple answer that should work for all versions of Windows is to just create a simple batch launcher.
Create a .bat file. I usually just create a new .txt file via "right click > new > text document". Then rename it, highlight everything, including the extension, and rename it to something like run.bat. The .bat part is important. Once you rename it, the icon should change to gears. If you can't overwrite the extension, or Windows is still treating it as a text document, you'll need to either manually save it as a bat, or disable "hide file extensions" in the explorer settings so the extension can be changed.
Edit the bat file, and put into it something like:
@echo off
YOUR RUN COMMAND HERE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY TYPE MANUALLY
pause
Paste the command that you would normally run manually where the capital text is. The first line is so it doesn't repeat the commands back, and the pause is so if an error happens, the command prompt doesn't immediately close. This gives you a chance to read the error.
Save it and close it. Now, if you double click on the bat file, your program should run.
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:42
CarcigenicateCarcigenicate
17.6k43158
The simple answer that should work for all versions of Windows is to just create a simple batch launcher.
Create a .bat file. I usually just create a new .txt file via "right click > new > text document". Then rename it, highlight everything, including the extension, and rename it to something like run.bat. The .bat part is important. Once you rename it, the icon should change to gears. If you can't overwrite the extension, or Windows is still treating it as a text document, you'll need to either manually save it as a bat, or disable "hide file extensions" in the explorer settings so the extension can be changed.
Edit the bat file, and put into it something like:
@echo off
YOUR RUN COMMAND HERE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY TYPE MANUALLY
pause
Paste the command that you would normally run manually where the capital text is. The first line is so it doesn't repeat the commands back, and the pause is so if an error happens, the command prompt doesn't immediately close. This gives you a chance to read the error.
Save it and close it. Now, if you double click on the bat file, your program should run.
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:42
CarcigenicateCarcigenicate
17.6k43158
edited Nov 11 '18 at 16:11
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:42
CarcigenicateCarcigenicate
17.6k43158
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:42
CarcigenicateCarcigenicate
17.6k43158
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:42
CarcigenicateCarcigenicate
17.6k43158
17.6k43158
Not necessary I already made it work, Thank you!
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 17:38
@BrunhildeLine One thing I'll note with using this approach though is that bat files are often used for malicious purposes since they can automate arbitrary commands. If the person you're sending this too doesn't necessarily trust you, or have the knowledge required to read what the bat is doing, they may be sketched out having to run a bat file. If they want a nice, ready to use executable, you might need to look at a Ruby-specific approach.
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
Not necessary I already made it work, Thank you!
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 17:38
@BrunhildeLine One thing I'll note with using this approach though is that bat files are often used for malicious purposes since they can automate arbitrary commands. If the person you're sending this too doesn't necessarily trust you, or have the knowledge required to read what the bat is doing, they may be sketched out having to run a bat file. If they want a nice, ready to use executable, you might need to look at a Ruby-specific approach.
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 17:49
Not necessary I already made it work, Thank you!
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 17:38
Not necessary I already made it work, Thank you!
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 17:38
@BrunhildeLine One thing I'll note with using this approach though is that bat files are often used for malicious purposes since they can automate arbitrary commands. If the person you're sending this too doesn't necessarily trust you, or have the knowledge required to read what the bat is doing, they may be sketched out having to run a bat file. If they want a nice, ready to use executable, you might need to look at a Ruby-specific approach.
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 17:49
@BrunhildeLine One thing I'll note with using this approach though is that bat files are often used for malicious purposes since they can automate arbitrary commands. If the person you're sending this too doesn't necessarily trust you, or have the knowledge required to read what the bat is doing, they may be sketched out having to run a bat file. If they want a nice, ready to use executable, you might need to look at a Ruby-specific approach.
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
Multiple ways
- if it's for occasional use and for one script only I would pack it
to a Windows executable with Ocra, then you can double click
the .exe itself or a link to it - same as above but use jRuby and create a .jar file, not for beginners though
- the easiest: if you configure Windows to start/run .rb files with your ruby.exe you can double click the .rb files itself and they
will execute, they will have the red Ruby stone icon - if you run a .reg file to enable drap and drop on .rb files you can combine the previous technique to drop files on the script and
they will be the parameters to the script, see my answer here for the reg file - my favorite: copy the .rb to your windows
"C:Usersyour_userAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo"
folder, then you can right click file(s) or folder(s) and select
sendto and select your script, the files or folder will again be the
parameters for your script - you can create a .bat or .cmd file that starts with the path to your ruby.exe and the script as parameter, use rubyw.exe if you
don't want output
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:58
peterpeter
35.8k44985
add a comment |
Multiple ways
- if it's for occasional use and for one script only I would pack it
to a Windows executable with Ocra, then you can double click
the .exe itself or a link to it - same as above but use jRuby and create a .jar file, not for beginners though
- the easiest: if you configure Windows to start/run .rb files with your ruby.exe you can double click the .rb files itself and they
will execute, they will have the red Ruby stone icon - if you run a .reg file to enable drap and drop on .rb files you can combine the previous technique to drop files on the script and
they will be the parameters to the script, see my answer here for the reg file - my favorite: copy the .rb to your windows
"C:Usersyour_userAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo"
folder, then you can right click file(s) or folder(s) and select
sendto and select your script, the files or folder will again be the
parameters for your script - you can create a .bat or .cmd file that starts with the path to your ruby.exe and the script as parameter, use rubyw.exe if you
don't want output
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:58
peterpeter
35.8k44985
add a comment |
Multiple ways
- if it's for occasional use and for one script only I would pack it
to a Windows executable with Ocra, then you can double click
the .exe itself or a link to it - same as above but use jRuby and create a .jar file, not for beginners though
- the easiest: if you configure Windows to start/run .rb files with your ruby.exe you can double click the .rb files itself and they
will execute, they will have the red Ruby stone icon - if you run a .reg file to enable drap and drop on .rb files you can combine the previous technique to drop files on the script and
they will be the parameters to the script, see my answer here for the reg file - my favorite: copy the .rb to your windows
"C:Usersyour_userAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo"
folder, then you can right click file(s) or folder(s) and select
sendto and select your script, the files or folder will again be the
parameters for your script - you can create a .bat or .cmd file that starts with the path to your ruby.exe and the script as parameter, use rubyw.exe if you
don't want output
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:58
peterpeter
35.8k44985
Multiple ways
- if it's for occasional use and for one script only I would pack it
to a Windows executable with Ocra, then you can double click
the .exe itself or a link to it - same as above but use jRuby and create a .jar file, not for beginners though
- the easiest: if you configure Windows to start/run .rb files with your ruby.exe you can double click the .rb files itself and they
will execute, they will have the red Ruby stone icon - if you run a .reg file to enable drap and drop on .rb files you can combine the previous technique to drop files on the script and
they will be the parameters to the script, see my answer here for the reg file - my favorite: copy the .rb to your windows
"C:Usersyour_userAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo"
folder, then you can right click file(s) or folder(s) and select
sendto and select your script, the files or folder will again be the
parameters for your script - you can create a .bat or .cmd file that starts with the path to your ruby.exe and the script as parameter, use rubyw.exe if you
don't want output
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:58
peterpeter
35.8k44985
answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:58
peterpeter
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answered Nov 11 '18 at 13:58
peterpeter
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Creating a batch script that runs the command for them is the simple option. What OS are you/they on?
– Carcigenicate
Nov 11 '18 at 13:32
I'm on Windows 10 he should be on Windows 7
– Brunhilde Line
Nov 11 '18 at 13:35
Or you can use a 'packager' like ruby-packer
– Axe
Nov 11 '18 at 13:36