From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2010-02-06T17:30:20+09:00
Subject: Re: OS X/Snow Leo  - Specify custom executable location for build/install for 1.9


On Feb 5, 2010, at 22:00 , Une Bévue wrote:

> Joe Wangkauf <tmo1138@invalid.gmail.domain.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to run Ruby 1.9 on my mac and specify the location the
>> binaries install to and run from in the call to configure.  What
>> options would I set when I execute configure so that when I run install
>> they go to that custom location?
> 
> read  configure.in line 15 :
> 
>        AS_HELP_STRING([--with-baseruby=RUBY], [use RUBY as baseruby;
> RUBY is the pathname of ruby]),

That has nothing to do with his question.

The real answer is that you can answer this by running `configure --help`. The option you're looking for is "--prefix". You need not do anything tho, as the default prefix is "/usr/local/" and the system/stock ruby's prefix is "/usr".