From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2004-11-05T01:08:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT - debian/ruby] [WAS] Re: rails: gem install rails is      bombing


Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov said:
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, David Heinemeier Hansson wrote:
>
>>> I'm running into a problem installing rails using gem.  How do I fix
>>> this?
>>
>> You don't have RDoc installed. Debian has chopped off Ruby into tiny
>> packages. Have a look at http://www.rubyonrails.org/show/RailsOnDebian
>> for help.
>
> i'm thinking of switching to debian but am kind of a tar.gz kind of
> package
> guy and don't like the sound of that at all... can any of you ruby/debian
> people give any information on debian as a ruby development platform?

I use Debian for my major Ruby development.  I like the platform,
especially the easy upgrading.  However, I compile and build Ruby from
source.  The Debian package pipeline is quite long, and I like my Ruby a
litter more current than what they offer.

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