From: Tom Pollard <tomp@...>
Date: 2006-11-20T22:30:02+09:00
Subject: Re: failure in irb with rubycocoa (MAC OS X)


On Nov 17, 2006, at 2:25 PM, jeckyll wrote:
> I've already installed the latest version of ruby in /usr/local/bin  
> but
> "my ruby" with Rubycocoa doesn't work. So i tried the internal  
> ruby. Or
> should i just overwrite the internal ruby? Is that possible at least ?

Of course it's possible, but it's likely to be a bad idea.  Among  
other reasons or other MacOSX software may expect Apple's original  
installation to be there and some future Apple OS upgrade may want to  
modify or add to the builtin ruby.  As a general rule, you should  
leave the Apple-installed unix utilities alone.  Just install your  
own in /usr/local and make sure your PATH is set so that commands you  
issue use the /usr/local versions preferentially.

There's no reason I'm aware of that your own ruby installation (in / 
usr/local, or elsewhere) shouldn't work.

Tom