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

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 42c230a3b3b53d200aae7507bd23a64dc61098148a559656f69a274c47139fe0 Mac OS X Ruby 2.6.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: d86b3401ba55ad326167afe205c087323430a18c441b7a86f3474fbae1ba6cf3 Mac OS X Ruby 2.5.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 8e375a423645c898ec755694cdd5a3921387924fef71f6f571c7fe04325e1cbd Mac OS X Ruby 2.4.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 8acb81d3fc84d9f7acc62f101a579cd7da6e28c235437e0742b3d57bfba83e08 Mac OS X Ruby 2.3.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: ff4339cf2896d273e079eff764b3c64d Mac OS X Ruby 2.2.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 3903824be10783a7d4ffb482783dda13 Mac OS X Ruby 2.1.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 6ada89fc186e0605ce678ede967223cf Mac OS X Ruby 2.0.*

Linux Downloads

If using Ruby 2.5, install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 5f7a4ba22c31ece77c2dd75ff82af17d2c9539f6cfae24ff627afb8f5a5633b1 64-bit Linux Ruby 2.6.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 0b13cc41c0d0db9e45da158b19dee1d68a09cedc6838ca9cf374abfdbebd2dc0 32-bit Linux Ruby 2.6.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: d680f748682570122d982273cfcdd74eefc35f0a14f3ef512e7966381c072187 64-bit Linux Ruby 2.5.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: e14799a4a4da7976bba155fa762290e2e64fa76a69d4adb41a96b62c7b3dc9b5 32-bit Linux Ruby 2.5.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: f02a2a19ac8922bed2d0b07c1bb44824be41491b951dd41d9e700a91783ec35a 64-bit Linux Ruby 2.4.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 8f99060c02400d714c9b23ed75e1dc45d62a7e837fa5d3c4932a10fbb3f0494d 32-bit Linux Ruby 2.4.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: cb5f04bad4ed6fb3551d42f27c2fe8111638b59e08e872191fc05099e7cdf81f 64-bit Linux Ruby 2.3.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: f647c1f49e9cffd5aca8ed78ca43a97ae9bc29cec2a5f6f3758d18469d111b2b 32-bit Linux Ruby 2.3.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 22521d270f08eabf3c3a88d8b8101650 64-bit Linux Ruby 2.2.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 5cb5df1fa3c093ba72041d3819216626 32-bit Linux Ruby 2.2.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: f2d4f613fe078ca3b0472bf709ccf76e 64-bit Linux Ruby 2.1.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 251c7ac95b7a6ab5907e685d44a4b906 32-bit Linux Ruby 2.1.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 87f96f35c5299c6e6aa5a0ce70363403 64-bit Linux Ruby 2.0.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 37a20b4d8e428e07aacf7166ddf8bcf7 32-bit Linux Ruby 2.0.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 6b76ab23570a9315b0d301000c4a17fe 64-bit Linux Ruby 1.9.3

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: bfe2147bc19f656d7145e680171f9c31 32-bit Linux Ruby 1.9.3

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: 809a88562644bbe64514574a7d3600c1 64-bit Linux Ruby 1.8.7

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • MD5 Sum: e7ecda468a719b07c1e1840446b5d59f 32-bit Linux Ruby 1.8.7

Alpine Linux Downloads

Install Instructions

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 9299c54e05aad3b3ca2111639dd3ba24bee5e24ce0e5b506d78a0cc766e7539f 32-bit Alpine Linux Ruby 2.5.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 21f3f3120545bfeb46fc02755d078bdb00b6e0b2be4b3e214cc6b5f4a8e39d47 64-bit Alpine Linux Ruby 2.5.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 341064228ace30e824d6d8b042c8f7e889361a2dafaf49e23ec6a7c2f5076e04 32-bit Alpine Linux Ruby 2.4.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: a33a885c1c121051082dc80264edc6dd76826ede8178ab90cd7d9724b3088402 64-bit Alpine Linux Ruby 2.4.*

Windows Downloads

If using Ruby 2.5, install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: d0d6133869d652162d6f48cd61d2908fdb26cb1c7b6afb690788b33072af0261 64-bit Windows Ruby 2.6.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 31318e36ee5e3d3034a40dfa6f7b8ba8d13db1c1f65944f873ebd662fab3b359 32-bit Windows Ruby 2.6.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: a41dba47f463f3a38edeffb17e1051c62f3ab52ba06e8569a0f91e0daf39a91f 64-bit Windows Ruby 2.5.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: c00e7043cf2151e4c5e050aa1fcf8f59bedc7ae6d2df4055145ae9920e19ea3e 32-bit Windows Ruby 2.5.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 1b7c5b91dd5c243626f1fdf8e9a4fa4b29c67bfb03f2aaa7328869719b0716c2 64-bit Windows Ruby 2.4.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 0fb6bb827cef021c4ec66f64c2fc1e9e9f8fea5d57ea3b2afd6209c4839c5c7b 32-bit Windows Ruby 2.4.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: c3fe4f17fc31b4b7eb84e8f7873a928127a61173e9135a537bfd51bed2f3ca90 64-bit Windows Ruby 2.3.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 020234e1bd3038b577605c48c4612a6485172b3577396bfa0b0210abad596794 32-bit Windows Ruby 2.3.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 7d794cbb4151039ed3cff2267176de8ee15235be81e724e34425cb2acd988f52 64-bit Windows Ruby 2.2.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: c86313c6a87b56bd8383b8993a8446e13116de40cb17c0e9c6753a89290376a1 32-bit Windows Ruby 2.2.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: a8755602f864de4ce7365aed5b50fb19fe55b538aa35d11a2013602fe577fb41 64-bit Windows Ruby 2.1.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: b28b0367d4f6dbb1db659b28fb941e8a8d4aa9ecd24b0c3ea5b6db294debc23a 32-bit Windows Ruby 2.1.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 52ee1ac88fcef9ce940c4ddf1c016d55283dfb2454f2b691ffd35bba2ef45424 64-bit Windows Ruby 2.0.*

v9.5.0.80 • 31-Oct-2019 • sha256: 66d0f94433f400e7932e598092fc74d056ef12d0bf38a172fa287bf4e0a9a3a5 32-bit Windows Ruby 2.0.*

Manual Install Instructions

These instructions apply only if the Chilkat library is downloaded and installed manually (not from RubyGems.org).

1. Download and extract to any directory. For example:

   tar xvfz chilkat-9.5.0.79-linux-x86_64-ruby-2.6.gem.tar.gz

2. Install using RubyGems. For example:

   gem install chilkat-9.5.0.79-x86_64-linux.gem

3. 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.