From: Ruby Noob <nospam@...>
Date: 2004-10-26T22:39:05+09:00
Subject: Installing Ruby 1.8.2 stable snapshot in Linux

Hi,

I just installed the latest stable snapshot of Ruby but I'm not sure if 
the install went 100% fine.  I'm running RedHat Advanced Server 3 and 
I've also installed mod_ruby 1.2.4.

What I did:

cd /usr/local/src/ruby
../configure
make
make test      -> success
make install
ruby --version -> displays "ruby 1.8.2 (2004-10-25) [i686-linux]" :)

Why I'm confused:

a.  rpm -qa  ->  "ruby-libs-1.8.1-12"  (not sure why this shows up)

b.  /usr/local/lib/libruby-static.a exists and is up-to-date :)
     but libruby.so does not exist in this directory

c.  /usr/lib/libruby.so.1.8 points to libruby.so.1.8.1
     both of these are months old and in different dir from (b)

What I expected:

I expected ruby to be version 1.8.2 (2004-10-25) everywhere 
(interpreter, static lib, and shared lib).  But it seems the shared libs 
aren't updated to the latest version.

What am I doing wrong?