From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2007-12-27T00:59:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Uninstalling 1.9 on OS X

On Dec 26, 2007, at 3:18 AM, Daniel Waite wrote:

> Daniel Waite wrote:
>> I'm sorry. I didn't look before leaping, installed 1.9 on Leopard,  
>> and
>> now my all my Rails apps are hosed.
>>
>> I installed 1.9 with the following commands:
>>
>> curl -O ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.9.0.tar.gz
>> tar xzvf ruby-1.9.0.tar.gz
>> cd ruby-1.9.0
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-pthread
>> --with-readline-dir=/usr/local --enable-shared
>> make
>> sudo make install
>
> I fixed it.
>
> 1. Hop into /usr/local/bin and delete everything there.
> 2. Follow the steps on the Hive Logic guide for installing Ruby and  
> Ruby
> gems.
>
> I had to reinstall Rails, too. I'm guessing it's a path issue between
> Leopard's native Ruby install and the stuff on Hive Logic.
>
> Hive Logic link:
> http://hivelogic.com/articles/ruby-rails-mongrel-mysql-osx/

Hive Logic has you install Ruby in /usr/local/bin while Apple's  
default Ruby lives in /usr/bin.  All you need to do is adjust your  
path so /usr/bin will be found first again.

James Edward Gray II