From: Tom Cloyd <tc@...>
Date: 2008-01-04T04:06:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby install on Kubuntu Linux - why so spread out

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Thanks, Reid. I would not likely have found that stuff on my own, and it 
definitely advances my understanding. Man, I do love wikipedia - as do a 
lot of others, apparently!

t.

Reid Thompson wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 19:17 +0900, 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).
>>
>> My question at the moment has to do with the nature of the installation. 
>> I installed ruby from the package manager database, using Adept. It 
>> tells me that it's installing 'Ruby 1.8 - the current stable version". 
>> Not 1.85x, but 1.8. I'm offered the option of 1.9, as well. I went with 
>> 1.8 (hoping that it really was more l
>>
>> Then I went looking for it. In WinXP, I got a Start menu "Ruby" entry, 
>> with irb, etc. In Kubuntu, it appears that programs installs mostly just 
>> get eaten up by the file system, and I get to go hunt them down. In 
>> WinXP, Ruby sits in a single obvious directory, in root - C:\ruby. In 
>> Kubuntu, it seems to be a ship wreck. I had to do a systematic search of 
>> the file system to find...
>>
>>  /usr/bin/ruby1.8
>>  /usr/share/doc/ruby1.8
>>  /usr/lib/ruby/1.8
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>     
> see Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
>
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
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