From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-07-19T01:30:22+09:00
Subject: Re: uninstalling/upgrading Ruby

Mat Schaffer wrote:
> On Jul 17, 2006, at 6:37 PM, Alex Nedelcu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Ruby 1.8.2 installed on a RHEL 3 server from the tarball, 
>> install with the usual make/make install procedure.
>> How can I uninstall Ruby so I can install Ruby 1.8.4 ?
>>
>> Also, can you tell how could I build a RPM package so I don't have to 
>> worry about it in the future ?
>>
>> Sorry about asking, I'm a newbie when it comes to Linux.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>
> Chances are good that you can just install 1.8.4.  It'll likely 
> overwrite the old stuff assuming you didn't provide any switches to 
> the install process.
>
> You can google for how to build RPMs, but it's not easy.  The reason 
> it knows where all the files are is because someone took the time to 
> list them all in the SPEC file in the RPM.  Go for it if you want, but 
> I'd bet the spray-n-pray method will work fine for you.
> -Mat
Before you do that, you probably want to see where Ruby is currently:

whereis ruby

Then use ./configure --prefix=/that/prefix

For example:

whereis ruby => /usr/local/bin/ruby

Then use

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/



Hope that helps.

-Justin