Bunker breakdown (and IronRuby)

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Bunker breakdown (and IronRuby)

I am working on a .NET project and I need to migrate a build script from MsBuild to Rake. I don't want to force developers (or create agent machines) to install anything, I want it to be standalone. I would rather use IronRuby if possible.

Can I just leave everything in / tools / rake and / tools / IronRuby and get it to work like it does with NAnt?

I would appreciate any pointers to tutorials on this or blogs. I'm a complete noob when it comes to Ruby, rake and these precious things.

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.net build-process rake ironruby

Krzysztof Kozmic Sep 18 '09 at 10:45

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I have a project that will allow you to run IronRuby apps from a zip file, so you can easily X-Copy deploy the IronRuby standard library along with any gems you might need. In theory, you could even insert such a zip file into a DLL as a resource, but I'm not sure what you get out of that. I created this so that I can embed IronRuby automation on my desktop directly without adding any additional complications to the deployment phase, but it will probably work just as well for your scenario, perhaps with a little tweak.

http://github.com/PlasticLizard/Bracket

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Nathan 25 nov. 09 at 16:36

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Apparently it is possible to do without having to bring any of the dependencies with you:

RubyScript2Exe turns your Ruby application into a standalone, compressed Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X (Darwin) executable. You can look at it as a "compiler". Not in the sense of a source-to-byte compiler, but as a "collector", for it collects all the necessary files to run your application on another machine: Ruby application, Ruby interpreter and Ruby runtime libraries (stripped down for your application). Either way, the result is the same: a standalone executable (application.exe). And also what we want!

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Peter mounce Apr 13 12 at 20:52

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Tigraine · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-18T10:53:38+0000

Yes it is possible, but you pay to bring IronRuby with you. That's about 2300 files to deploy, so you will need to package 7zip with your library in order to unpack IronRuby.

I did something like this where I wanted to package LessCss with IronRuby into one managed wrapper. It turned out that this is a completely unworkable solution:

http://www.tigraine.at/2009/08/24/introducing-ironlessnet-your-duct-tape-solution-to-lesscss-in-aspnet/

hello Daniel

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