From: Chris Dutton <rubyguru@...>
Date: 2004-08-16T16:51:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Installing newer Ruby on a shared webserver

Lennon Day-Reynolds wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> It's unlikely that your webhost will let you install a newer version
> of mod_ruby, as the Apache configuration is usually done per-server,
> rather than per-client. Aside from that, though, you should be able to
> configure and build a new ruby install anywhere inside your home
> directory tree. Just use the
> '--prefix=/home/<yourusername>/<someinstalldir>' argument to the
> configure script, make, and make install (without doing an su to
> root).

Thanks.  That's pretty much the answer I got from them, eventually.

Will it still be possible for me to get Rails running with this 
configuration?