From: Rob Saul <wyrd@...>
Date: 2007-11-28T05:37:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8.6 patchlevel 111 on Ubuntu 7.10 - How?

Luis Lavena wrote:

> 
> 1st: uninstall the ruby version that came with ubuntu. This is
> important since both ruby installation clash (it happened to me but I
> don't remember right now).
> 
> 2nd: sudo apt-get build-dep ruby1.8 (to grab all the needed
> dependencies to compile ruby).
> 
> 3rd: NOW you can compile ruby.
> 

This looks helpful.  One thing I can't help but wonder is what
might be the implication(s) of doing this as time goes by. Will
one always have to go through this process for updates to ruby?