From: Tom Counsell <tamc2@...>
Date: 2003-12-06T20:37:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8.0 package for OS X

I'd advise changing the path rather than the renaming the apple installed
ruby, only because some random Apple software update might one day upgrade
the ruby in /usr/bin which might cause some confusion.

Tom

Gavin Jin wrote:

> I don't really see any  difference between OS X and Linux when it comes
> to this.
> Just rename it ( the one in /usr/bin) to something like ruby.1.6.8
> or add /supp/bin to the path ahead of /usr/bin will do.
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 5, 2003, at 11:27 PM, Carl Youngblood wrote:
> 
>> I just got an ibook and I'm trying to get Ruby 1.8.0 installed on it.
>> I used Ila'n Terrell's package for it, which installed it into the
>> /supp/bin directory.  However, the 1.6.8 version of Ruby is still
>> installed and it is the one that is accessed in the path.  Is it
>> adviseable to remove the 1.6.8 version, and how do I do that?  I'm
>> familiar with linux but OS X is new to me.  It's similar, and yet
>> quite different from linux at the same time.  Perhaps if I had already
>> been more familiar with other BSD flavors it would seem more normal.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Carl Youngblood
>>
>>