From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-03T02:28:58+09:00
Subject: Re: I've um... broken Ruby


On Jul 2, 2007, at 5:43 AM, Sharon Phillips wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've run amuck Sunday afternoon trying to install fxRuby and fox  
> under OSX, and after many hours of errors, trying mac-ports, fink,  
> building from source, updating to Ruby 1.8.6 (from 1.8.4) and  
> ripping various bits out and trying to replace them, I'm now in a  
> complete mess.
>
> Any ideas from anyone as to how I wipe Ruby and start from scratch.  
> I'm newish to the mac and unix. I can get around, edit files etc,  
> but don't have much understanding behind what I do (any advice here  
> much appreciated too). Just enough knowledge to be dangerous.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>


Uh, yeah, 1st of all... don't use more than one package manager on a  
machine (any *nix). Fink or MacPorts not both. Results can be  
unpredictable, though usually harmless.
Remove all of those. Remove all the stuff you installed.
Do a new clean install.
I recommend going with the building from source using the Hivelogic  
installation guide. (google Ruby and OS X and Hivelogic, you will  
find it, make sure to visit their home page first so that you find  
the latest version of the installation guide)
This will give you more practice working at the unix command line,  
but it will also help you become familiar with where and how stuff is  
installed on your machine and in Ruby. While you're at it, pick up  
the book "Learning Unix for OS X Tiger" (there is an older panther  
version too) It is a gentle intro to unix. As a reference ( for any  
type of unix) get "Unix in a Nutshell"

You really won't get hurt and it is actually quite useful to know a  
lot of that stuff. What's more, it's a heck of a lot easier to  
install Ruby manually than PHP!!