From: Bob Hutchison <hutch-lists@...>
Date: 2012-09-15T23:15:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9.3 and OS X Mountain Lion


On 2012-09-14, at 8:48 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:

> 
> On Sep 14, 2012, at 16:20 , Matt Neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> wrote:
> 
>> <sto.mar@web.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> What would be the least painful option, in your opinion:
>> 
>> It happens that I just did this (install 1.9.3 on Snow Leopard and
>> Mountain Lion machines), and here's how:
>> 
>> http://www.apeth.com/nonblog/stories/ruby193.html
> 
> I disagree with this route. As you can see, homebrew makes things simpler for you:
> 
>  depends_on :autoconf if build.head?
>  depends_on 'pkg-config' => :build
>  depends_on 'readline'
>  depends_on 'gdbm'
>  depends_on 'libyaml'
> 
> boom. done. esp for a student... why should they bother with something more complex as well as error prone?
> 
> 

Does a homebrew install put gems into /usr/local? And do you still have to muck with your PATH? I can't remember. If 'yes' and 'no' then homebrew is definitely the way to go I think. Anything else brings RVM back into consideration.

RVM is the alternative route, but RVM can be crazy making. Homebrew and RVM are not mutually compatible. A lot of the complexity of RVM can be made manageable by http://unfiniti.com/software/mac/jewelrybox which I'm using myself these days (which is why I can't answer my own question about the homebrew installation).

Cheers,
Bob