From: Sandip Gangakhedkar <sandipfloyd@...>
Date: 2008-06-04T00:44:47+09:00
Subject: Re: general query about ruby libraries

David Masover wrote:
> On Monday 02 June 2008 23:38:02 7stud -- wrote:
>> Sandip Gangakhedkar wrote:
> 
>> > I'm using aaronp's mechanize library (zip file)...and it
>> > uses the require 'mechanize' directive.
> 
>> I think the generally accepted way to install a 3rd party library is to 
>> use RubyGems:
> 
> Just to simplify: After installing rubyGems, the command you probably 
> want is:
> 
> gem install mechanize
> 
> Or, on many Unix systems:
> 
> sudo gem install mechanize

What about tarballs? Or zip files?
I am aware of RubyGems. However, lots of new and recent libraries, 
especially the ones hosted on github are not yet available as gems.

Thanks,
Sandip
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