From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-09-23T07:54:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby package for Linux

On Tuesday, 23 September 2003 at  5:49:22 +0900, David Garamond wrote:
> Jim Freeze 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]
> 
> i always steal ruby rpms from this site:
> 
>   http://www.caliban.org/ruby/
> 
> it's impossible not to find if you spend a minute on google.
> 
> the above rpms work with redhat 7.x. grab the src rpm and rebuild (rpm 
> --rebuild) on your favorite distro/version.
> 

Now that's pretty neat. 
Another stupid question: I noticed some binary rpm's
for ruby. Do the binary installs have a fixed install
location?

If not, how to they modify the internal $LOAD_PATH's
that are stored in the ruby binary?

-- 
Jim Freeze
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