Ruby Setup

Language

Mac OSX

Standard Ruby

Nicely, Ruby ships with the Mac standard installation. While it may not be the most up to date version, it may be the best option to simply use your default version: /usr/bin/ruby.

Tk Gem

sudo gem install tk

Note: If you have problems with this step, try installing Active Tcl 8.5.

OS Gem

sudo gem install os

PNG Gem

sudo gem install chunky_png

Homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)" 

OpenGL Runtime

brew install glfw

OpenGL Gem

sudo gem install opengl-bindings

Windows

Ruby Installer

Download From RubyInstaller

Ruby+Devkit 2.7.2-1 (x64)

Tk Gem

gem install tk

Note: If you have problems with this step, try installing Active Tcl 8.5.

OS Gem

gem install os

PNG Gem

gem install chunky_png

OpenGL Gem

gem install opengl-bindings

Zip Gem

gem install zip

OpenGL Runtime

NOTE: the first time you run one of the course's Ruby script which uses OpenGL, it will automatically download and extract FreeGLUT and GLFW3 to your ~/Downloads/CSE425s folder and use the files within.

Linux

ActiveTcl

Note: you will need to create an account to download ActiveTcl 8.5.

Note: ActiveTcl 8.6 has be known to cause problems.

Download and Install ActiveTcl 8.5

Ruby Language With Tk

A path that has worked on Ubuntu 20.04:

sudo apt-get install ruby-full

sudo gem install tk -- --with-ActiveTcl

OS Gem

sudo gem install os

PNG Gem

sudo gem install chunky_png

OpenGL Runtime

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev freeglut3-dev mesa-common-dev

sudo apt-get install libglfw3-dev

OpenGL Gem

sudo gem install opengl-bindings

IDE

• Apply for student status with JetBrains
• Download and Install RubyMine

Check Installation

Tk

file to run:

src//ruby/installation_check/tk_check.rb

OpenGL

file to run:

src//ruby/installation_check/opengl_check.rb

OpenGL Texture

file to run:

src//ruby/installation_check/opengl_texture_check.rb