# Newbie Tk Problem

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-tk-problem/38534>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [22 June 2007 06:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-tk-problem/38534 "2007-06-22T06:25:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![danielj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@danielj](https://rubytalk.org/u/danielj)\
**Post date:** [22 June 2007 06:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-tk-problem/38534/1 "2007-06-22T06:25:08Z")

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Windows can't find my tk84.dll when I try to

require 'tk'

Any ideas?

I reinstalled Ruby and that didn't work....

I used the one click installer and I don't know how to use the  
binaries if that is the problem.

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**Author:** ![akbarhome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@akbarhome](https://rubytalk.org/u/akbarhome)\
**Post date:** [22 June 2007 07:45 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-tk-problem/38534/2 "2007-06-22T07:45:02Z")

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My dear,

You must installed tk first.  
[http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/](http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/)

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> On Jun 22, 1:23 pm, danielj \<dani...@sleepingindian.org\> wrote:
> 
> > Windows can't find my tk84.dll when I try to
> > 
> > require 'tk'
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > I reinstalled Ruby and that didn't work....
> > 
> > I used the one click installer and I don't know how to use the  
> > binaries if that is the problem.