From: "Marcel Molina Jr." Date: 2005-11-11T04:33:47+09:00 Subject: Re: bash says command not found for ri and irb On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 04:27:13AM +0900, cles2@comcast.net wrote: > Converting from Windows XP to Linux, I have formatted one of my > computers with Ubuntu 5,10 which has Ruby 1.8.3 installed. I can create > and execute ruby files (.rb) with no problems. However, when i try irb > bash reports that the file cannot be found. Same with ri. sudo apt-get install irb ri > I'm an experienced programmer but getting set up is driving me nuts. > I'm also having problems trying to download RubyGems and Rails, but I > have not really progressed far enough to worry about that yet. Help? When it comes time to get RubyGems and Rails you'll need zlib and yaml. sudo apt-get install libyaml-ruby1.8 libzlib-ruby1.8 marcel -- Marcel Molina Jr.