From: Daniel Harple <dharple@...>
Date: 2006-03-06T12:00:49+09:00
Subject: Re: can't get my Mac OSX UNIX to run 1.8

On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:44 AM, superN00b wrote:
> I installed Ruby 1.8 using Terminal on Mac OSX (Thank God for Visual
> Quickstart Guides). But when I check the version with "ruby -v", it
> still says that it's running version 1.6.2 or whatever. So I went
> looking for it and sure enough, the new version didn't overwrite  
> the old
> one - it just set tself up next to it. So the shell just keeps on  
> using
> the old one.

I think by default ruby will be installed in /usr/local. The Apple  
supplied Ruby is in /usr, and you should not remove it, or overwrite  
it. Try setting your PATH variable to include /usr/local/bin first:

Bash:
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

But for the long-term, you really should consider using DarwinPorts.  
It takes the pain out of installing software from source.

-- Daniel