Original Code: www.erikveen.dds.nl/tar2rubyscript
Tar2RubyScript transforms your application directory tree into a single Ruby script containing a launcher script and an archive of the original application. The script can then be distributed as a single file. However, it still requires Ruby and the appropriate gems installed to run.
There are two Ruby scripts:
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init.rb
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tarrubyscript.rb.
init.rb is the archiver that creates the compiled Ruby script, and tarrubscript.rb is the launcher that is embedded in the compiled Ruby script.
This repository contains the same update as github.com/cowlibob/rubyscript2exe, but as raw source in tar2rubyscript.
I’ve released this as it appears the original project is no longer being maintained. Feel free to pull this into any authoritative branch that may exist.
To build the repository simply run:
ruby tar2rubyscript/init.rb tar2rubyscript/
The script will compile itself into a distributable Ruby script archive (tar2rubyscript.rb) that can be used to compile other Ruby applications.
ruby tar2rubyscript.rb myapp/