From: Joe Wangkauf <tmo1138@...>
Date: 2010-02-07T00:45:06+09:00
Subject: Re: OS X/Snow Leo  - Specify custom executable location for build/install for 1.9

In article <F5DCD1CC-5247-4833-B7CB-7816F6A1513F@zenspider.com>, Ryan
Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:

> On Feb 5, 2010, at 22:00 , Une B�vue 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".
> 
> 
> 

Thanks, Ryan.  After updating my Readline library to version 6.0 I was
able to build Ruby 1.9 from source and deploy to a custom location
using --prefix as you mentioned.

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