From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2007-06-26T06:15:09+09:00
Subject: Re: OS X reads builtin version of ruby

Herb Fitz <hfitzy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, so i've tried to install 1.8.6 in a few ways, the first was building
> it from source and most recently using macports. I've added the correct
> lines to both my /etc/profile and ~/.bash_login. Whenever I reload these
> files manually I get the correct version of ruby by issuing the version
> command. Can anyone help? I searched the forum for my question but had
> difficulty finding an answer. Sorry if this has been asked a million
> times.

What are you actually saying in order to invoke ruby, and where are you
invoking it from? The Terminal, for example, is not the same BBEdit.

I can only tell you what I did after installing ruby 1.8.5 in
/usr/local/bin, which was to edit my .bash_profile (not my .bash_login)
to include this line:

PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"

Here is some output in my terminal:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:
/usr/sbin
$ which ruby
/usr/local/bin/ruby
$ ruby --version
ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [powerpc-darwin8.7.0]
$ ruby -e 'puts ENV["PATH"]'
/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:
/usr/sbin

TextMate uses the same shell, so things work there too.

But in BBEdit if I just want to use the Run command, I must start the
script with an explicit shebang line:

#! /usr/local/bin/ruby

And even then it does not pick up the new PATH. The solution to *that*
is to edit .MacOSX/environment.plist. You must provide a full, explicit
PATH value (there is no variable expansion here).

m.


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