From: Xeno Campanoli <xeno@...>
Date: 2006-05-29T12:26:53+09:00
Subject: Re: LWP like library for Ruby?

I cannot seem to install www-mechanize using gem install:

> root@choochoo:~# apt-get install www-mechanize
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package www-mechanize
> root@choochoo:~# gem install www-mechanize
> Attempting local installation of 'www-mechanize'
> Local gem file not found: www-mechanize*.gem
> Attempting remote installation of 'www-mechanize'
> Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
>     Could not find www-mechanize (> 0) in the repository
> root@choochoo:~# gem search mechanize
>
> *** LOCAL GEMS ***
> root@choochoo:~#
>

Is it called something different in gems?


Daniel Berger wrote:

> Robert Nicholson wrote:
>
>> Can anybody tell me does Ruby support perl like LWP programming?
>>
>> ie. scraping content of websites with support for Cookies
>>
>>
>
> I believe www-mechanize will do what you want.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>
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