README

Name

rcairo

Description

Ruby bindings for cairo // cairo extension for Ruby

cairographics.org/

Dependencies

Install

Package

This way is recommended.

# gem install cairo

Self build

For experimental users.

Download rcairo-X.Y.Z.tar.gz from cairographics.org/releases/

Extracting:

% tar xvzf rcairo-X.Y.Z.tar.gz

Compiling:

% cd rcairo-X.Y.Z
% ruby extconf.rb    # to check for dependencies and create Makefiles
% make               # to compile

# make install       # to install the cairo extension.
                     # The samples in the samples folder should be able
                     # to run before installation except text-on-path.rb
                     # and text2.rb. They uses Ruby/Pango with rcairo
                     # support. So you need to install rcairo and build
                     # Ruby/Pango with it before you run them.

Options to extconf.rb:

* --without-vendor-override: Use system libraries instead of those found in
                             vendor/local for compiling

Windows

cairo-X.Y.Z-x86-mingw32.gem includes cairo related binaries.

Documents

Source

There is the rcairo repository at GitHub: github.com/rcairo/rcairo

Mailing list

If you have trouble with cairo or rcairo, or you have some ideas for how it could be improved, please feel free to send a message to the cairo mailinglist at cairo@cairographics.org , which is archived at

cairographics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cairo

Thanks