From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2005-09-26T23:32:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Linux install of 1.8.2

>>>>> "M" == Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@gmail.com> writes:

M> I had already done that. The problem is that changing PATH doesn't
M> change what's in the default LOAD_PATH. When I run "ruby -e 'puts
M> $LOAD_PATH' " it outputs the same thing it did for you where all the
M> directories start with /usr/local/lib/ruby.

 Because it was not compiled with the right option, in ruby-1.8.3

   make distclean
   mkdir $HOME/local
   ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
   make
   make install
   make install-doc

 --prefix is important


Guy Decoux