From: Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@...>
Date: 2004-10-15T04:35:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Definitive method for managing ruby installations

Eric Schwartz wrote:

>Carl Youngblood <carl.youngblood@gmail.com> writes:
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>>It seems like most ruby programmers build and install ruby from
>>source.
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>I use the pre-packaged debs.  Saves time and worry on my part.
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>-=Eric
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I use the pre-packaged debs too, but when they get stale, I like to 
compile a different version of Ruby into /usr/local, at which point the 
rpa & ruby-gems become QUITE valuable.  (That's how I finally got fxruby 
installed, when fxscintilla wouldn't.  And it made Sqlite much easier!)