From: ghorner <gabriel.horner@...>
Date: 2011-01-07T11:10:27+09:00
Subject: Re: ripl - an irb alternative - 0.3.0 released

On Jan 6, 4:19 am, Michal Suchanek <hramr...@centrum.cz> wrote:
> On 6 January 2011 02:10, ghorner <gabriel.hor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 5, 10:55 am, Michal Suchanek <hramr...@centrum.cz> wrote:
> >> Hello
>
> >> There is a serious issue with ripl.
>
> >> $ ripl
> >> Bond Error: Failed to load readline_line_buffer. Ensure that it exists
> >> and was built correctly.
>
> > For ruby < 1.9.2, you'll need to have readline installed. I'm
> > surprised your install reported no errors. Can you reinstall?
>
> I installed on another machine and do not get the error.

If your install is building the readline_line_buffer extension
correctly, then the problem must be you can't find it. What does the
following command give you?

   find $(dirname $(gem which bond)) | grep readline_line_buffer

You should get the path of the extension. Try requiring that path
after requiring ripl.

> >> I symlinked the executable in my home directory because it's hidden
> > somewhere in lib.
>
> > You shouldn't symlink executables to ~/bin after installing any gem.
> > Not sure I understand the reasoning. Executables aren't hidden in
> > lib/.
>
> Yes, they are hidden in /var/lib. It may be a Debian issue.

I got hold of a ubuntu box, installed rubygems (because the default
rubygems can be troublesome) and executables install fine into /usr/
bin. Perhaps it is a debian-specific issue.

Gabriel