From: Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@...>
Date: 2010-10-23T04:06:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Compile.

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> wrote:


> try building the ruby source this way so it builds and installs under
> your home folder, you can later just delete this folder without worry
>
> cd ~
> mkdir -p ruby/local/
>
> now cd into the source folder where you extracted the ruby source
>
> NOTE: the use of tilda ~ in the path below, you want to install it
> under your home folder ~/ruby/local/
>
> ./configure --prefix=~/ruby/local
> make
> make test
> make install
>
> export $PATH=~/ruby/local:$PATH

correction to the path,

export $PATH=~/ruby/local/bin:$PATH

> now test if you can run ruby with:
> ruby -v
>
> the export command will only be good for the current session, if you
> want to make it permanent, save it to you bash start up file
>
> nano ~/.bashrc
>
> add the line at the bottom of your file
>
> $PATH=~/ruby/local:$PATH

same correction here

> $PATH=~/ruby/local/bin:$PATH

>
> save and exit the file
>
> btw, i am assuming you're using the bash shell. if you still don't
> know what to do ask your sysadmin for help at school
>

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