From: Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@...>
Date: 2003-09-23T02:56:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby package for Linux

 --- Jim Menard <jimm@io.com> wrote: > 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,

Sigh....

> 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.)

Nope. Sudo would require configuring first of all, and as Jim is a newbie,
I doubt that has been done yet. The steps I would take is:

``

cd $HOME && mkdir ./tmp
cp ./ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz ./tmp && cd ./tmp
tar xzvf ./ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz
cd ./ruby-*
./configure && make && su -c'make install'

''

HTH,

-- Thomas Adam

=====
Thomas Adam

"The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com

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