From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2009-02-07T19:46:17+09:00
Subject: Re: do I need "ruby-libs" as a prerequisite to install/run ruby? what is "ruby-libs" exactly?

Alle Saturday 07 February 2009, Greg Hauptmann ha scritto:
> Hi,
> If I'm downloading the ruby source to compile on my Redhat linux box, do I
> need "ruby-libs" as a prerequisite?  I've seen it referred to but not sure
> what it is?
>
> If it does exist and I need it, where would I download the source for this
> to build it (i.e. before then moving onto Ruby compile itself)?

From the name, I'd say ruby-libs is a package for your distribution. If you 
want to build ruby from source, you don't need it.

Stefano