From: Christophe Grandsire Date: 2005-10-17T21:10:06+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby on rails again Selon zee_man78@yahoo.com: > > this is the situation: > i have a win xp computer wich is connected to the internet through > modem. i don't have any kind of developing tool on it. > > and i have a laptop with debian 3.1. the problem is that i use walmart > connect and they don't support linux so i cannot go online with my > laptop :( > Take a look at penggy: http://freshmeat.net/projects/penggy/ According to what I've read, it allows you to connect to AOL and Compuserve using Linux, and Walmart Connect is said to be just a rebranded Compuserve. There is a Debian package for it so you may be able to grab it from http://packages.debian.org and put it on a CD (or maybe it's already on your Debian CDs or DVDs if you have them all, but in that case you would have Ruby on them too, although it would only be 1.8.2). > do you think i can install ruby on my windows (and the gems) and after > put everything to my linux? > That's quite simple: no. While the pure Ruby parts will probably work unchanged from Windows to Linux, the binaries (among which Ruby itself!) won't. Binaries are OS specific and thus can't simply be copied from one OS to another. Maybe they would work with WINE, but since Ruby exists natively for Linux, that's kind of a waste. If you want to install Ruby to Debian you need to use the debs. You can always grab them from http://packages.debian.org, but you'll have to take care of all the dependencies yourself (you can't use apt or synaptic with separate debs). Or check whether it isn't already on your Debian CDs. But I would really try the penggy solution if I were you. Debian is a great OS, but it really shows its greatness only once it's connected to Internet (don't you have a friend with a more "normal" kind of Internet connection? Since your Debian computer is a laptop, you could ask to use his connection, at least for the installation of penggy. If his connection allows DHCP you can easily connect Debian). -- Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.