Ruby/Tk is an old Gem.
But it still works well.
You need some option to install Ruby/Tk on Ubuntu.
Install dependencies.(There are various other packages in Tk, so you can install them as needed. tcllib libtk-img-dev tkpng and so on.)
sudo apt install tk-dev
Install Ruby/Tk gem.
gem install tk -- --with-tcltkversion=8.6 \
--with-tcl-lib=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \
--with-tk-lib=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \
--with-tcl-include=/usr/include/tcl8.6 \
--with-tk-include=/usr/include/tcl8.6 \
--enable-pthread
If you install a new tk package, you might need to reinstall Ruby/Tk as well.
Have a nice day.
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Thanks for the mention.
After Tk had been extracted out of Ruby, I tended to install more conveniently using RVM:
rvm reinstall 3.0.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthread --with-tk --with-tcl(assuming ActiveTcl was installed beforehand; and following the Ruby reinstall by
gem install tk)In any case, I provide a Ruby gem that enables a more Ruby-way of using Tk: Glimmer DSL for Tk
I recently built CryptoPunks GUI with it.