From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2006-09-28T04:47:37+09:00
Subject: Re: fixrbconfig on Mac OS X Tiger


On Sep 27, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Hans Fugal wrote:

> Reprisal wrote:
>> Ruby is also available via DarwinPorts which is pretty nice.  I'd  
>> recommend doing a clean install either via port or manually  
>> compiling it.  It will take more CPU time but probably less of  
>> your own time and provide a cleaner result in the end.  With out  
>> the developer tools you wont be able to do anything, because you  
>> wont have gcc.  Grab the tools from your install disk or http:// 
>> developer.apple.com/tools/ .
>
>
> I actually did use the ports version for awhile at the beginning  
> and it only confused things. It will take less me-time to install,  
> yes, but it will not (IMHO) be a cleaner result.

I just went the other way, moving from compiling on my own to using  
darwin ports.  I did have to install the newest version of Xcode but  
after that everything just worked on both an Intel MacBook and an  
older PowerPC Imac.


Gary Wright