From: Jan Dvorak <jan.dvorak@...>
Date: 2008-01-03T22:10:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby install on Kubuntu Linux - why so spread out

On Thursday 03 January 2008 11:17:26 Tom Cloyd wrote:
> I've migrated from WinXP in recent days, and I'm having trouble getting
> up to speed with Ruby on Kubuntu (7.10).
> ...
> One question - why? Am I supposed to KNOW that this is where things end
> up? Why is it done this way?
>
> I'm delighted with Kubuntu Linux, overwhelmingly, but I'm puzzled by
> this shotgun installation. Can anyone explain the thinking behind this?

In addition to what others have said, you can always go to Adept and display  
details for ruby1.8 package, where you can see all the installed files with 
full paths.

To save you one further surprise, ruby gems will get installed 
to /var/lib/gems/1.8 on Ubuntu linux - it's somewhat nonstandard placement, 
but makes sense from the perspective that you will be installing/upgrading 
them often and are thus they are VARying data.

Jan