From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-08-12T08:07:03+09:00
Subject: Re: How to build a distributable Solaris binary for Ruby 1.8?

On Tuesday, 12 August 2003 at  0:53:30 +0900, Brian Candler wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 12:39:12AM +0900, Venkat wrote:
> > Instead of fighting with them, is there any way I can compile Ruby 1.8
> > in our Sun boxes to create a build I can take and and install in the
> > customer's Solaris box?
> 
> Something like this ought to do the trick:
> 
> tar -czf rubydist.tar.gz \ 
>   /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8 /usr/local/lib/ruby/site-ruby/1.8 \
>   /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/local/bin/irb /usr/local/bin/erb \
>   /usr/local/lib/libruby-static.a
> 

If what you want is a binary install, then Brian's solution
does all but change the paths stored inside the ruby executable.

If you want to do a binary install, I can give you some code
that will allow you to do a binary install and then change 
the internally stored paths to the correct location.


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Jim Freeze
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