# Tutorial on wrapping C/C++ libraries for use in Ruby? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [4 August 2006 18:21 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tutorial-on-wrapping-c-c-libraries-for-use-in-ruby/29641 "2006-08-04T18:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ritesh\_Tijoriwala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Ritesh\_Tijoriwala](https://rubytalk.org/u/Ritesh_Tijoriwala)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2006 18:21 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tutorial-on-wrapping-c-c-libraries-for-use-in-ruby/29641/1 "2006-08-04T18:21:11Z")
Is there any tutorial/link/website that explains how to wrap existing c/c++ libraries for use from within Ruby? > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_Johnson3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c89c15/32.png) [@Lyle\_Johnson3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Lyle_Johnson3)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2006 19:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tutorial-on-wrapping-c-c-libraries-for-use-in-ruby/29641/2 "2006-08-04T19:01:30Z")
Google for "swig ruby" and you should find some useful links. SWIG ([http://www.swig.org/\](http://www.swig.org/%5C)) is a tool for semi-automatically generating Ruby wrapper code for C/C++ libraries. > **···** > > On 8/4/06, Ritesh Tijoriwala \ wrote: > > > Is there any tutorial/link/website that explains how to wrap existing > > c/c++ libraries for use from within Ruby? ---
**Author:** ![Ritesh\_Tijoriwala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Ritesh\_Tijoriwala](https://rubytalk.org/u/Ritesh_Tijoriwala)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2006 19:49 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tutorial-on-wrapping-c-c-libraries-for-use-in-ruby/29641/3 "2006-08-04T19:49:08Z")
Lyle Johnson wrote: > **···** > > > On 8/4/06, Ritesh Tijoriwala \ wrote: > > > > > Is there any tutorial/link/website that explains how to wrap existing > > > c/c++ libraries for use from within Ruby? > > > > Google for "swig ruby" and you should find some useful links. SWIG > > ([http://www.swig.org/\](http://www.swig.org/%5C)) is a tool for semi-automatically generating > > Ruby wrapper code for C/C++ libraries. > > I tried swig but is not that clean. I am looking for hand wrapping C/C++ > libraries for use with Ruby. > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). ---
**Author:** ![J-Van](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@J-Van](https://rubytalk.org/u/J-Van)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2006 20:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tutorial-on-wrapping-c-c-libraries-for-use-in-ruby/29641/4 "2006-08-04T20:05:53Z")
1. [Radar – O’Reilly](http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/18/extending_ruby.html) 2. There's a good introduction in [https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby-2nd-edition/](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html), which you should already own. Joe > **···** > > On 8/4/06, Ritesh Tijoriwala \ wrote: > > > Lyle Johnson wrote: > > \> On 8/4/06, Ritesh Tijoriwala \ wrote: > > \> > > \>\> Is there any tutorial/link/website that explains how to wrap existing > > \>\> c/c++ libraries for use from within Ruby? > > \> > > \> Google for "swig ruby" and you should find some useful links. SWIG > > \> ([http://www.swig.org/\](http://www.swig.org/%5C)) is a tool for semi-automatically generating > > \> Ruby wrapper code for C/C++ libraries. > > > > I tried swig but is not that clean. I am looking for hand wrapping C/C++ > > libraries for use with Ruby. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Hunter2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Tim\_Hunter2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Tim_Hunter2)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2006 20:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tutorial-on-wrapping-c-c-libraries-for-use-in-ruby/29641/5 "2006-08-04T20:10:06Z")
Ritesh Tijoriwala wrote: > Lyle Johnson wrote: > > > > Is there any tutorial/link/website that explains how to wrap existing > > > c/c++ libraries for use from within Ruby? > > > > Google for "swig ruby" and you should find some useful links. SWIG > > ([http://www.swig.org/\](http://www.swig.org/%5C)) is a tool for semi-automatically generating > > Ruby wrapper code for C/C++ libraries. > > I tried swig but is not that clean. I am looking for hand wrapping C/C++ libraries for use with Ruby. The Pickaxe ([http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html\](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html%5C)) is probably your best source of information about this. Also the Ruby tarball includes a file called (iirc) README.EXT that has the basic information. > **···** > > > > On 8/4/06, Ritesh Tijoriwala \ wrote: