Ruby Core Dump On Requiring TK

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I tried to use Ruby's TK library today, and it failed miserably, spitting out a nice long core dump.

I'm not sure what I could have done wrong, as I double checked that TK was installed, and even went so far as to reinstall it. I also tried two different versions of Ruby, 2.0.0 and 1.9.3.

The code I tried to execute was simply:

require 'tk'

Here's the core dump on pastebin. Hopefully that will help narrow it down.

http://pastebin.com/LqZ7B8kK

My system details are as follows:

OS: Manjaro Linux, x86_64
Ruby: 1.9.3 and 2.0.0
Using RVM
TK installed

I'd rather not use a different GUI library, as the others seem to be less cross-platform.

Finally, I noticed that StackOverflow doesn't have a tk tag. Someone with enough reputation points might want to create that and get the badge for it. :D

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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unfortunately pastebin seems to be down right now, so I can't help much, have you enabled tk on your rvm installation? apparently it's disabled by default: RVM Ruby with TK installation (OSX)

the relevant code snippet is

rvm install 1.9.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthread --with-tk --with-tcl

for ruby 1.9.2

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Sep 21 '13 at 16:29

Mike H-R

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Also there appears to be a tk tag on the link given. – Mike H-R Sep 21 '13 at 16:30
Thanks for the help, man. It still segfaults when try to run the code though. :/ On the plus side, Pastebin seems to be back up. – Scotty C. Sep 21 '13 at 18:56

Ruby Core Dump On Requiring TK

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