From: jeckyll <normanrosner@...>
Date: 2006-11-21T00:14:07+09:00
Subject: Re: failure in irb with rubycocoa (MAC OS X)


Tom Pollard wrote:
> 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

Hi Tom,

so my ruby-installation works fine in /usr/local/ but it doesn't work
with rubycocoa.
Maybey i should install rubycocoa in /usr/local/ too with prefix
config?

norm