how do i create an executable from a ruby script

baronobeefdip · 10-25-2012, 03:41 PM

I am writing some ruby programs and I don't want anyone to see the source of the program, So I want to compile the ruby scripts into executabes that have the code hidden from users like c++ and java does when you compile it, Is there at least a way to make ruby source code hidden but make the program able to successfully be executable for users that aren't root because when you make the ruby code hidden with the chmod command it is no longer able to run as a regular user, only root I want the code to be hidden and able to be executed by regular users

kbp · 10-25-2012, 08:34 PM

Try rubyscript2exe .. for these kinds of things you want to search for '<language> obfuscation'

baronobeefdip · 10-26-2012, 01:29 PM

I did search for some ruby obfuscators but all i am getting is ruby2exe which is a windows tool. I want a tool that will obfuscate the ruby script for use in linux mahcines

TobiSGD · 10-26-2012, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baronobeefdip

I did search for some ruby obfuscators but all i am getting is ruby2exe which is a windows tool.

I would guess that is because security through obscurity a Windows way of thinking and usually a bad idea. May i ask why you want to obscure the code in the first place?

baronobeefdip · 10-26-2012, 01:53 PM

Because I plan on releasing a program that was made in ruby and I don't want anyone to see the source code, there are things that I can do in ruby that are very complicated and hard to do in languages like C++. I just want to make my ruby source hidden but able to execute without root privelages.

I just tried the ruby program you referred me to and ran the Linux one (the exe in the title threw me off) ahnd I get an error. here is the error

Code:

rubyscript2exe.rb:621:in `replace': can't modify frozen String (RuntimeError)
	from rubyscript2exe.rb:621:in `block in <main>'
	from rubyscript2exe.rb:577:in `block in newlocation'
	from rubyscript2exe.rb:505:in `block in newlocation'
	from rubyscript2exe.rb:472:in `newlocation'
	from rubyscript2exe.rb:505:in `newlocation'
	from rubyscript2exe.rb:577:in `newlocation'
	from rubyscript2exe.rb:619:in `<main>'