From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-12-06T15:43:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Apache and Ruby

Phillip Neiswanger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> New to ruby and apache.  Been trying to get a simple ruby script to 
> run via apache.  The script is as follows:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
> require "cgi"
> cgi = CGI.new("html3")
> cgi.out("text/plain"){
>     "Hello World"
> }
>
> I attempt to access it with my browser via an address like:  
> http://127.0.0.1/script.rb.  Apache is clearly not running ruby since 
> I get the script back verbatim to the browser.  Plain html, ie no 
> ruby, is working.  So far, in my search for an answer I haven't found 
> anything to alleviate my problems.  Interestingly, I have eRuby 
> working, ie I can embed ruby code in my html, but not ruby.  What 
> special Apache incantation do I need to get it working?  I'm running 
> Opera/FireFox, Apache 2.2.3 and Ruby 1.8.5 on FreeBSD 6.1 system.  I 
> am not interested in getting rails working right now, just ruby.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> -- 
> phil

Do you have mod_ruby installed?

-Justin