osx 10.9.5

[bahbee]

While running os x 10.9.5 I followed the download steps and ruby 2.2.x was installed. When running ;narost I received this message
>;narost
--- Lich: narost active.

error: ruby-gtk bindings are not installed or failed to load

--- Lich: narost has exited.

What happening?

[Tillmen]

What command are you using to start Lich?

[ROTOR]

try installing ruby 2.0 and see if that helps.

[Tillmen]

For the most part, the instructions say to install 32bit Ruby 2.0 just to make it easier on Windows. With that version of Ruby, installing gtk2 and sqlite3 gems on Windows just means downloading some precompiled files and putting them in the right place, whereas a different version of Ruby would require compiling the gems yourself and would end in a horrible failure. On Mac and Linux, you're going to have to compile the gems yourself regardless of the Ruby version, so the Ruby version isn't as important, so long as it's 2.0 or newer. On Linux, compiling the gems yourself takes basically no effort, but on Mac you have to deal with the Homebrew and XQuartz stuff.

Ruby 2.1 and 2.2 are certainly different in some way from Ruby 2.0, but I'm not sure how, and I'm not aware of any problems it would cause. I use Ruby 2.1 simply because that's what xubuntu 14.10 uses by default, and I haven't had any problems with it.

[bahbee]

I am using sudo ruby lich/lich.rbw --gemstone --avalon to start Lich. I was using 2.0.x and had the same problem.