From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2008-12-23T17:28:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Error after install

Callen Mascarenhas wrote:
> unknown wrote:
>   
>>> Now when I try to run irb in
>>> /usr/local/bin/irb I'm gettin the following error:
>>>
>>> $ . /usr/local/bin/irb
>>>       
>>     ^
>>     
>>> -bash: require: command not found
>>> -bash: /usr/local/bin/irb: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token
>>> `__FILE__'
>>> -bash: /usr/local/bin/irb: line 13: `  IRB.start(__FILE__)'
>>>       
>> Instead of:
>>   . /usr/local/bin/irb
>> do:
>>   /usr/local/bin/irb
>>     
>
> when I do that and then run `which` I get the following.
>
> $ which irb
> /opt/third-party/bin/irb
>
> That is why I'm using the . /usr/local/bin/irb command.  Am I not using 
> it correctly.
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>   

Don't use the period at the beginning, that is what is screwing it up:

$ . /usr/bin/irb
bash: require: command not found
bash: /usr/bin/irb: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `__FILE__'
bash: /usr/bin/irb: line 13: `  IRB.start(__FILE__)'
$ /usr/bin/irb
irb(main):001:0>


-Justin