From: Xeno Campanoli / Eskimo North and Gmail Date: 2010-05-01T06:38:21+09:00 Subject: Re: Setting to Ruby 1.9 in Ubuntu... Jason Roelofs wrote: Sorry man. The more I play with this thing, the less comfortable I feel about it. If I had time to help with it, I would be glad to. Not today. Sincerely, Xeno > You didn't follow the instructions I gave and the block of text there gave you. > > rvm-install > > And there will be some bash commands to add to your .bashrc as well, which rvm-install gives you. > > Jason > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Xeno Campanoli / Eskimo North and Gmail wrote: > >> Jason Roelofs wrote: >> >> root@rockhopper:~# gem install rvm >> ******************************************************************************** >> >> In order to setup rvm for your user's environment you must now run rvm-install. >> rvm-install will be found in your current gems bin directory corresponding to where the gem was installed. >> >> rvm-install will install the scripts to your user account and append itself to your profiles in order to >> inject the proper rvm functions into your shell so that you can manage multiple rubies. >> >> ******************************************************************************** >> Successfully installed rvm-0.1.27 >> 1 gem installed >> Installing ri documentation for rvm-0.1.27... >> Installing RDoc documentation for rvm-0.1.27... >> root@rockhopper:~# rvm install 1.9.1 >> No command 'rvm' found, but there are 20 similar ones >> rvm: command not found >> root@rockhopper:~# which rvm >> root@rockhopper:~# >> >>> On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Walton Hoops wrote: >>>> On 4/30/2010 1:36 PM, Xeno Campanoli / Eskimo North and Gmail wrote: >>>>> I tried installing a bunch of ruby 1.9 stuff on my Ubuntu laptop last >>>>> night, but my default ruby is still 1.8.7. Anybody know a regular >>>>> method for setting to 1.9 on Ubuntu? Perhaps this is an Ubuntu >>>>> question, but presumably the best way is not always the Ubuntu way...??? >>>> The Ubuntu way is to run 'sudo update-alternatives --config ruby' and >>>> 'sudo update-alternatives --config rubygems', or instead of calling Ruby >>>> scripts with 'ruby', call them with 'ruby1.9' when you want them run in 1.9. >>>> >>>> Another solution that is available is Ruby Version Manager (RVM). I've >>>> never used RVM, so I can't say anything for or against it. >>>> http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/ >>>> >>> Forget Ubuntu's ruby completely. Use RVM, you will save yourself TONS of headache. It's really easy: >>> sudo gem install rvm >>> rvm-install (and follow instructions for .bashrc settings) >>> rvm install 1.9.1 >>> rvm use 1.9.1 --default >>> Now you're completely in the RVM system (which is maintained in ~/.rvm by default) and can trivially switch between a myriad of Ruby implementation. >>> Jason >> >> -- >> "It's the preponderance, stupid!" - Professor Stephen Schneider, IPCC member >> > > > -- "It's the preponderance, stupid!" - Professor Stephen Schneider, IPCC member