# How to compile ruby to executable? (Linux) **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [17 December 2010 12:54 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171 "2010-12-17T12:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Toni\_Tanskanen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@Toni\_Tanskanen](https://rubytalk.org/u/Toni_Tanskanen)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2010 12:54 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/1 "2010-12-17T12:54:32Z")
Hi, everyone! I'm wondering how I could compile my .rb file to executable? I know that there's rubyscript2exe and allinoneruby but I have problem using them. When I type "rubyscript2exe" or "allinoneruby" to command line, it says "command not found". I installed both with rubygems. Can anyone help me with this? > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Toni\_Tanskanen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@Toni\_Tanskanen](https://rubytalk.org/u/Toni_Tanskanen)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2010 13:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/2 "2010-12-17T13:10:13Z")
When I put... ruby /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rubyscript2exe-0.5.3/lib/rubyscript2exe.rb ./textinput.rb ...it doesn't make executable file... > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Morrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@John\_Morrice](https://rubytalk.org/u/John_Morrice)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2010 13:15 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/3 "2010-12-17T13:15:42Z")
Can you run other programs you have installed with rubygems? Perhaps they are not in your PATH. In a shell do: $ locate allinoneruby | grep bin To see if you can find where the program is installed. Then do: $ echo $PATH to see your path. Is that directory on the list? If not then you need to export PATH="/path/to/gem/bin/dir:$PATH" in your .bashrc, or whatnot. Note: On my system, ruby executables are installed to /usr/local/bin. Another note: I have no experience with these particular gems - this is just what I would normally do when I have this sort of problem. > **···** > > On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:54:32 +0900 Toni Tanskanen \ wrote: > > > Hi, everyone! > > > > I'm wondering how I could compile my .rb file to executable? I know > > that there's rubyscript2exe and allinoneruby but I have problem using > > them. When I type "rubyscript2exe" or "allinoneruby" to command line, > > it says "command not found". > > > > I installed both with rubygems. > > > > Can anyone help me with this? ---
**Author:** ![Toni\_Tanskanen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@Toni\_Tanskanen](https://rubytalk.org/u/Toni_Tanskanen)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2010 13:36 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/4 "2010-12-17T13:36:31Z")
$ locate allinoneruby | grep bin That gives nothing, but I know that it's in this directory: /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/rubyscript2exe-0.5.3/bin And no I haven't other executable programs installed with gem. I did that export with "/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin" directory but now I get following error message when trying to compile: /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/allinoneruby-0.2.11/bin/allinoneruby:5:in `replace': can't modify frozen string (TypeError)   from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/allinoneruby-0.2.11/bin/allinoneruby:5   from /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/allinoneruby:19:in `load'   from /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/allinoneruby:19 How I can take away that directory from $PATH? > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Toni\_Tanskanen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@Toni\_Tanskanen](https://rubytalk.org/u/Toni_Tanskanen)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2010 14:11 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/5 "2010-12-17T14:11:48Z")
Is there other compilers than these then? > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Morrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@John\_Morrice](https://rubytalk.org/u/John_Morrice)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2010 14:04 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/6 "2010-12-17T14:04:29Z")
> I did that export with "/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin" directory but now I > get following error message when trying to compile: > > /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/allinoneruby-0.2.11/bin/allinoneruby:5:in > `replace': can't modify frozen string (TypeError) >   from /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/allinoneruby-0.2.11/bin/allinoneruby:5 >   from /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/allinoneruby:19:in `load' >   from /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/allinoneruby:19 > > How I can take away that directory from $PATH? Why would you want to remove that directory from your PATH? If you do, then next time you want to run a gem, you'd need to repeat this process. But if you insist, then just remove the export statement from your .bashrc and open a new shell and it should be back to its usual, non-gem running self. As I said, I don't use any of those ruby compilers, so unfortunately I can't help you with your error there. John ---
**Author:** ![John\_Morrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@John\_Morrice](https://rubytalk.org/u/John_Morrice)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2010 14:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/7 "2010-12-17T14:22:14Z")
> Is there other compilers than these then? There's a JRuby compiler that I've never used [http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/JRubyCompiler](http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/JRubyCompiler) But that compiles to java class files, rather than linux executables. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Christopherson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/eric_christopherson/32/1849_2.png) [@Eric\_Christopherson](https://rubytalk.org/u/Eric_Christopherson)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2010 15:49 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/8 "2010-12-18T15:49:33Z")
And rawr makes Linux, OS X, and Windows executables out of JRuby programs. [http://rawr.rubyforge.org/](http://rawr.rubyforge.org/) > **···** > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:22 AM, John Morrice \ wrote: > > > > Is there other compilers than these then? > > > > There's a JRuby compiler that I've never used > > [http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/JRubyCompiler](http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/JRubyCompiler) > > > > But that compiles to java class files, rather than linux executables. ---
**Author:** ![Charles\_Nutter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/charles_nutter/32/2567_2.png) [@Charles\_Nutter](https://rubytalk.org/u/Charles_Nutter)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2010 17:36 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/how-to-compile-ruby-to-executable-linux/61171/9 "2010-12-18T17:36:10Z")
> > > Is there other compilers than these then? > > > > There's a JRuby compiler that I've never used > > [http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/JRubyCompiler](http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/JRubyCompiler) There's generally two reasons to compile Ruby to JVM bytecode ahead of time: \* To hide the code \* To create a "normal" Java class Neither are necessary to bundle Ruby code into a single executable jar or exe, as Eric mentions that rawr (and now warbler) can do. > > But that compiles to java class files, rather than linux executables. > > And rawr makes Linux, OS X, and Windows executables out of JRuby programs. > > [http://rawr.rubyforge.org/](http://rawr.rubyforge.org/) Rawr is a great option, if a bit undermaintained. Nick Sieger's warbler can also take an arbitrary project/app/lib and bundle it into an executable .jar file. Then you just need Java installed somewhere, which is generally pretty easy. - Charlie > **···** > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Eric Christopherson \ wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:22 AM, John Morrice \ wrote: