From: Paul Duncan <pabs@...>
Date: 2003-04-09T23:23:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Call for standardised package installation procedure


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* Gavin Sinclair (gsinclair@soyabean.com.au) wrote:
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> apt-get and the like should be nothing more than models for what needs
> to be achieved for Ruby library management.  I'm happy to be proven
> wrong, though.  Is there are precedent?  Some Perlers love the CPAN
> shell, others hate it, but does anyone use apt-get to install their
> Perl modules?

Yes.  And Ruby modules as well. =20

pabs@picard:~/src/parrot> dpkg -l | egrep -- '-(ruby|perl)' | head
ii  gimp1.2-perl   1.2.3-2.3      Perl support and plugins for The GIMP
ii  libamstd-ruby  2.0.0-1        AMbitious STanDard library for Ruby
ii  libcurses-perl 1.06-5         Curses interface for Perl
ii  libcurses-ruby 1.6.8-3        Curses interface for Ruby
ii  libdbi-perl    1.35-1         The Perl5 Database Interface by Tim Bunce
ii  libdbi-ruby    0.0.18-1       Database Independent Interface for Ruby
ii  libevent-perl  0.86+1-2       Generic Perl event loop
ii  libglade-ruby  0.30-2         Libglade wrapper for Ruby
ii  libgtk-perl    0.7008-1.7     Perl module for the gtk+ library
ii  libgtk-ruby    0.30-2         Gtk+ interface for Ruby

I'd love to have a CPAN or apt equivalent for Ruby, though.=20

> Gavin
>=20

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