From: John Pywtorak <jpywtora@...>
Date: 2006-10-20T14:31:02+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie: Strings and RegExp

You absolutely can compile and install to home, just set the --prefix to 
  something like
--prefix=/usr/local/home/yours/ruby-1_8/

Then make sure the bin directory is in your path before the system 
installed ruby that way env ruby picks up your new install.

Robert Klemme wrote:
> Diego Virasoro wrote:
>>> That version is *ancient*.  It might even have some bugs which are fixed
>>> in never versions.  I strongly recommend to upgrade if possible.
>>
>> Yes, I'd like to but it's the Univeristy computer so I have to live
>> with what there is. Sigh...
> 
> :-)  I believe you can compile Ruby in a way and install it completely 
> in your home directory.  That of course works only if your quota is high 
> enough.  Maybe worth a try.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
>     robert
> 
>