From: John Gabriele <jmg3000@...>
Date: 2006-07-27T23:31:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Problems installing rubyzip gem on Debian...can someone help?

On 7/26/06, subimage <subimage@gmail.com> wrote:
> I never did get it working, and I'm kind of locked into 1.8.2 as I'm
> using it on all my Debian production servers :/
>
> Anyone know a good way to upgrade to 1.8.4 when installed from apt-get?

Well, you might just install 1.8.4 into someplace like
/opt/ruby-1.8.4, and then use the equivs package to convince apt that
you indeed do have Ruby installed and don't need the default Ruby
available via apt-get.

Or you might just 'apt-get remove' everything Ruby on your system and
then manually install Ruby from source. Add RubyGems, and then 'gem
install' the rest of the stuff you need. Although this is a manual
process, it's pretty quick, so may be an option for you if you don't
have too many servers to worry about.

---John