Chilkat Library for Ruby
for Windows, Linux, and MAC OS X
Installing from RubyGems.org
The Chilkat Ruby Library is published to RubyGems.org can can be installed with this single gem command from a shell prompt:
gem install chilkat
* Installing directly from RubyGems.org is possible if the Ruby version is 2.5.*.
MAC OS X Downloads
Alternative Manual Install Instructions
Linux Downloads
If using Ruby 2.5, install directly from RubyGems.org:
gem install chilkat
Alternative Manual Install Instructions
Alpine Linux Downloads
Windows Downloads
If using Ruby 2.5, install directly from RubyGems.org:
gem install chilkat
Alternative Manual Install Instructions
Manual Install Instructions
These instructions apply only if the Chilkat library is downloaded and installed manually (not from RubyGems.org).
- Download and extract to any directory. For example:
tar xvfz chilkat-9.5.0.79-linux-x86_64-ruby-2.6.gem.tar.gz
- Install using RubyGems. For example:
gem install chilkat-9.5.0.79-x86_64-linux.gem
- Use require 'chilkat' in Ruby scripts:
require 'rubygems' require 'chilkat' # It should now be possible to instantiate and use Chilkat objects: mailman = Chilkat::CkMailMan.new() print mailman.version() + "\n"
Ruby Examples
Chilkat Ruby example programs.
Reference Documentation
Chilkat Ruby API Reference Documentation
Release Notes
The latest release notes are located here on the Chilkat blog.