From: Giovanni Intini <intinig@...>
Date: 2004-12-19T04:25:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Please advise...Install Ruby from Debian Package or Source?

On Ubuntu, a debian derived distribution I use this approach: apt-get
for everything available there, rubygems for the packages not
available in apt (rails and its dependencies so far).

The only annoyance is that you have to apt-get install lots of
packages when you first setup the machine because ruby is split in
several parts, other than that everything is fine.


> I'd like to install Ruby on a Debian server.
> 
> Is it better to install the latest stable snapshot or install the Debian
> package?  What are the pros and cons?