The following are the steps that I performed to install ruby on my linux machine. This same text is also available on http://linux-certification.blogspot.com/2008/10/setting-up-ruby-on-li... I went to http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/ There I found out a section with the heading Ruby Source Code I pick the url of the link for the file using the right click and choosing the ''copy link location'' in my firefox. Then I went to the shell on my linux and put the following command shell> wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz This downloaded the ruby source code to my root directory. I extracted the file using the following command shell> tar -xvf ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz This command extracted the source archieve to ruby-1.8.7-p72 directory. Then I enter into this ruby-1.8.7-p72 directory and executed the following command shell> ./configure This is actually not a command rather a script, that is run to check the required configurations for the installation purposes. At the successful run of this script I executed the following command shell> make This make command compiled the code. At the end of the make command I executed the following command shell> make install This make install command installed the ruby and placed the ruby files in appropriate folders. Thats all to what I did for installing ruby on a linux machine. You can confirm your ruby installation by using the following command shell> ruby -v --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
muasif80 wrote:> http://linux-certification.blogspot.com/2008/10/setting-up-ruby-on-li...My newsreader does not break long addresses with ... , so something in this maze of servers did it. Consider a "tiny url" alternative there.> shell> tar -xvf ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz > This command extracted the source archieve to ruby-1.8.7-p72 > directory.To avoid this level of detail, I would link out to a reliable page that explains the common ways to build a GNU package.> shell> make install > shell> ruby -vNow you need rubygems, which is the only gem which you (naturally) must install by hand. However, the install procedure for a Ruby extension differs from the normal GNU in subtle ways, so you should cover this _in_ detail! Next, I always like ruby-tk, for a super portable GUI toolkit, but you need to enable it back at ./configure And why aren''t you installing your Ruby from your Linux distro''s packages, first. That is almost always the safest newb way. And some Linuces put their user-space programs under /usr, and some under /usr/local. That requires the correct ./configure --prefix setting, and getting that wrong can lead to serious "gotchas". -- Phlip --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---