From: Jerry Davis <jfdecd@...>
Date: 2005-04-01T12:54:45+09:00
Subject: Re: linux: make install fails

Jerry Davis wrote:

> After downloading the latest 1.8.2 snapshot, I get an error during the
> make install portion
> 
> as normal user did:
> ./configure
> make clean
> make
> make test
> then as superuser did:
> make install
> 
> 
> immediately, I get this error:
> --------
> ./miniruby ./instruby.rb --dest-dir="" --make="make" --mflags=""
> --make-flags="" --mantype="doc"
> ./instruby.rb:124: parse error
>     ln(bin+exeext, bin+suf+exeext, force: true)
>                                          ^
> ./instruby.rb:250: parse error
> make: *** [do-install-local] Error 1
> 
> --------
> I don't know ruby very well, which is why I am installing it!
> Can someone tell me why I am getting this.


Ok, I "fixed" it. I had downloaded the lastest stable snapshot. The
installer obviously didn't work.

So, I killed that and downloaded the latest ruby stable release (1.8.2) and
it worked just fine, and I now have ruby.

the instruby.rb must have been reverted to a former version that did not
work.

Jerry