From: Mark Hubbart <discord@...>
Date: 2004-02-25T01:45:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't use interpreter


On Feb 24, 2004, at 7:24 AM, David MacQuigg wrote:

> Anyway, I find it very strange that the "interactive shell" is so well
> hidden from newbies.  How to install and run this program ought to be
> clearly stated in the README file and in the tutorial.

Usually, irb is part of the ruby package... on my box (darwin/osx), it 
came preinstalled with ruby and irb, when I compiled a new version, 
Tehy both were part of the same package, and when I installed it from 
the native package manager (fink), it installed both... I think it is 
probably an anomaly that debian didn't install both in the same 
package.

Perhaps you should contact the package manager and suggest they 
consolidate the packages. It seems to me that the way it is currently 
set up, you didn't get a full installation. I can definately see how it 
would be confusing, since irb is always installed with ruby (at least 
in versions I have worked with).

--Mark