From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2004-02-26T03:35:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't use interpreter

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 04:14:48 +0900, David MacQuigg wrote:
> Part of the problem is Debian specific ( how to find and install a Debian
> package ), but a new user could use some clues in the general
> introduction.  As a Debian user, I know how to find packages in Debian,
> but what I did not know was what package to look for ( irb ). I'm coming
> from a Python background, so I just typed "ruby" at the command line, and
> did not see a prompt for an interactive interpreter.

> The information is probably available somewhere, but the two places new
> users will most likely look are an introductory tutorial, and a README
> file in the top directory of the distribution.  Take a look at chapter 2
> of the Python tutorial http://python.org/doc/current/tut/

Note that if you compile Ruby from source, this isn't an issue. irb is 
included with the source tar libraries.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.02.25
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