Using the Ruby Distribution

This page provides important information for users of the Ice for Ruby distribution.

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Overview of the Ice for Ruby Distribution

Ice for Ruby is available as a collection of Ruby gems. Each package provides the following components:

  • Ice extension for Ruby
  • Standard Slice files
  • Slice-to-Ruby compiler (slice2rb)

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Installing the Ice for Ruby Distribution

Linux and macOS users can install Ice for Ruby using this command:

gem install zeroc-ice

This gem builds Ice for Ruby from source and supports Ruby 2.0 or later.

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Using Ice for Ruby

The installation process automatically adds the Ice modules to Ruby's package directory and adds the Slice-to-Ruby compiler (slice2rb) to a directory that's likely already in your executable search path. To verify that Ice is installed, execute these commands:

irb
irb> require 'Ice'
irb> Ice::getSliceDir()

The output of getSliceDir shows where the standard Slice files have been installed.

The Ice manual provides a complete description of the Ruby mapping, including the options for generating Ruby code from Slice definitions.

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Using the Sample Programs

Sample programs are provided in a separate GitHub repository. You can browse this repository to see build and usage instructions for all supported programming languages. Simply clone this repository:

git clone -b 3.7 https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice-demos.git
cd ice-demos

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