From: Brian Candler Date: 2009-01-29T00:30:52+09:00 Subject: Re: Need help for Ruby DBI and PostgreSQl > I have a doubt, may be its simple but i have some confusion. > I installed everything as gems , like dbi, dbd-pg, dbd-mysql, pg and > postgres. > Everything working fine now. Is installing gem the same like it would > have been if we install the packages manually? Perhaps in different locations, but otherwise it should all work the same. Gems are the preferred installation mechanism if the package provides one. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.