From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-04-15T17:51:31+09:00
Subject: Re: botched debian install

2008/4/15, Du De <labyrinthinsidious@gmail.com>:
> I botched my ruby install to the point where I don't know how to fix it.
>  I used several different guides to get it installed, but I read
>  differeing opinions on how to do it in Debian and uninstalled,
>  reinstalled several times.
>
>  I've tried to purge ruby completely, but each time I try to do apt-get
>  install ruby etc., I can't run any ruby, irb or anything--I just get a
>  "libruby1.8.so.1.8" no such file error.

Did you try to run "ruby18" or "ruby1.8" - last time I had a debian
(quite a while ago) the standard ruby was 1.7 and 1.8 needed the
version number.

Obviously we do not know what you did to your installation, so it's
difficult to suggest something. Last time for me just doing the normal
apt-get install worked like a charm.  Maybe you should flush ruby
packages from your local cache and start over.

Cheers

robert

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