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The (Ruby Shoes) packaging solution from Hacketyhack.net doesnt work. Can anyone point me to an alternative?

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There's a small tutorial in this Juixe Techknow blog post. It provides a good introduction to Ruby Shoes.

Reed Copsey
thanks for this Shoes tutorial, but i know shoes, pretty well, i just want to package it for windows!..do you have any pointer for that
Webbisshh
+4  A: 

There is a shoes/shoes github project that hosts the latest binaries. However, as of (Sept 10, 2009) packaging requires a few patches that remove the dependencies on _why's no longer existent server.

I was able to find pack.rb in the Shoes application folder and replace it with this version of pack.rb After that, my packager was able to package basic applications.

jrhicks
+1- Woah thanks will check it today!
Webbisshh
Hey it worked flawlessly! thanks. Do you know how can i give diff icon to my generated EXE.
Webbisshh
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/426965/how-do-i-change-the-icon-of-my-shoes-app/730071#730071 works to change the icon. The tool will let you edit icons embedded in the exe's resources. A tip I discovered was to "replace" the icon. Don't delete it and add a new.
jrhicks
Thanks that was really helpful! (couldn't raise the vote again)
Webbisshh