Ocra is the key. I have used it with great success doing exactly what you wish to do.

Jeff


On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Roger Pack wrote:

>> Is there a way to make my little program a standalone executable so that
>> my user can double click the exe and run it as per normal from their
>> windows machine? I would prefer to avoid installing ruby on the windows
>> machine (if I can).
> 
> https://github.com/rdp/ruby_tutorials_core/wiki/Ruby-Talk-FAQ#wiki-ruby_to_exe
> 
> may be helpful to you.
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