From: Thomas Stromberg Date: 2001-01-12T13:40:03+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:9176] Re: How to make after cvs update Jim Freeze wrote: > I don't have the command autoconf. > I am running FreeBSD 3.4R. Here is what I do to prep my FreeBSD machines for compiling other peoples source out of cvs: cd /usr/ports/devel/autoconf && make install clean cd /usr/ports/devel/automake && make install clean cd /usr/ports/devel/gmake && make install clean That'll give you most everything you need to get peoples stuff up and running. > Also, if I am updating ruby, do I need to remove any files before the make > or make install? They should just over-write, if you really want to remove them, you can just remove the old ruby port. pkg_delete ruby-1.6.2 BTW.. the FreeBSD ports collection is how I discovered Ruby. I discovered it through a flurry of commits by knu (Akinori MUSHA?), and said "What in gods name is this ruby thing that just got like 15 ports committed for it?". -- / thomas r stromberg "To cover all the earth with sheets of hide--Where could such amounts of skin be found? But simply wrap some leather round your feet, and it's as if the whole earth had been covered!" -- Shantideva.