From: Jim Menard <jimm@...>
Date: 2003-09-23T02:50:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby package for Linux

Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> writes:

> On Tuesday, 23 September 2003 at  1:49:04 +0900, Thomas Adam wrote:
> >  --- Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> wrote: > Ok, I know nothing about linux
> > packages.
> > > Can someone tell me if there exists a package 
> > > for ruby with the version:
> > > 
> > >   ruby 1.8.0 (2003-08-04) [i686-linux]
> > 
> > Depends on the distro, Jim (which you didn't say). The lack of information
> > is appauling. If you're using Debian Testing/Stable then I can say for
> > sure that there is.
> > 
> 
> Like I said, I know nothing. I think the distro is Red Hat 7.1, but
> I don't know how to get the machine to tell me.
> 
> > Mind you, I'd be more inclined to download the source and compile it
> > yourself.

Jim,

I just installed 1.8.0. All you have to do is grab the source from
ruby-lang.org and type "configure", "make", and "make install". (You may
have to be root or use the "sudo" command to perform the install.)

I had problems with the CVS version because RedHat 7.1 is so old. The CVS
Ruby source comes without the configure script, which is generated by
autoconf. When I ran autoconf, it notified me that I needed a newer version
of autoconf. That's when I tried the source from ruby-lang.org.

Jim
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