Can ruby scripts be precompiled into a binary?

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I'm working on a Ruby script that will need to be deployed onto systems without a ruby interpreter. It will need to run on FreeBSD systems which uses the ELF format.

I know there is a ruby2exe project to compile ruby scripts to run on Windows, but is it easy or even possible to do that on other operating systems?

The accepted answer is pretty vague. Did you ever solve this, and if so how? — Robert Martin, Dec 11 '12 at 23:23
Sadly I don't think I did. I think I eventually just gave up on it. For anyone coming later on if I were to do it again I would look at using libruby or something like that. — chrisbdaemon, Nov 09 '15 at 19:12

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '11 at 19:16

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Aside from bytecode that requires a VM to run, Ruby cannot be compiled. It is an interpreted langauge and as such requires an interpreter. ruby2exe packages a ruby interpreter and runtime library with your application.

answered Apr 13 '11 at 19:16

Rein Henrichs

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So theres no kind of ruby2exe project for other operating systems? – chrisbdaemon Apr 13 '11 at 19:23

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '11 at 22:50

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Have you checked whether Rubinius or JRuby would allow you to precompile your code?

answered Apr 13 '11 at 22:50

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Can ruby scripts be precompiled into a binary?

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