From: Mark Hubbart <discordantus@...>
Date: 2004-10-07T14:00:36+09:00
Subject: compiling/installing ruby in a nonstandard directory

Hi all,

I've been intermittently working on a build/packaging script that will
make Mac Installer packages of the ruby distribution. I need to
include, at minimum, readline support, and distribute the readline
binaries along with it. I'm not a C programmer; I've compiled a lot of
software, but I still don't claim to know what I'm doing :)

To make this project easier, and so I don't have to back up my
/usr/local dir while I'm building, I've been trying to build it and
install ruby (and readline) in non-standard directories; then I can
package up the directories for installation (I think). But it isn't
that easy... It seems impossible to get ruby extensions to compile
using the libraries that are installed in the non-standard locations.

Since I'm not convinced I'm going about this the right way, I'll just
ask: What is the best way to compile several dependent software
projects, without having to install them in their final destination?

thanks,
Mark