From: Peter Cooper <peter@...>
Date: 2007-06-14T00:25:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting Ruby

On 6/13/07, Ben Crowell <crowell07@lightspamandismatterevil.com> wrote:
> On a related topic, it turns out that if you try to compile ruby
> from source, it won't work unless you already have ruby installed.
> I tried it yesterday, on an ubuntu fiesty box that didn't have
> ruby installed, and the build stopped with an error, because in
> one place, a script tries to invoke ruby.

That's not been the case for me installing on Ubuntu, where I only
ever use sources. That said, I'm talking about the general releases
(1.8.6, etc) and not development builds.

Usually all that's required from a bare install is the usual "apt-get
build-essential" and then the ./configure, make, make install combo on
the Ruby source.. generally works a treat :)

That said, it's been a month or two since I last did it, and I'm
actually installing Ubuntu on a new machine now, so I'll post here
again if anything's different from what I said ;-)

Cheers,
Peter Cooper
http://www.rubyinside.com/