[fxruby-users] Install question on Mac

[Lyle Johnson]

On Apr 28, 2009, at 10:38 AM, eddy wrote:

> I don't have a mac, but on my linux setups I need to require  
> 'rubygems' before require 'fox16'.  Maybe it's the same on macos?

That's a separate issue, I think. If you've installed FXRuby (or  
anything else) via RubyGems, you need to ensure that the Ruby  
interpreter loads up the RubyGems runtime at startup. One way is to  
(as you discovered) always include:

	require 'rubygems'

at the top of your programs. An easier way (IMO) is to modify your  
RUBYOPT environment variable to include this, e.g.

	export RUBYOPT="-rubygems"

Note that this is a "RubyGems thing", and not an "FXRuby thing".

Hope this helps,

Lyle