I'm new to Ruby, and I'm using Debian GNU/Linux. I like it for the package management -- BUT, the latest package I can find is 1.8.2.
I'd like to maintain Debian's package management system (rather than compiling/installing source manually). Is there any way I can do that? Maybe a .deb distribution of the latest version available?
Or... if there's a way to compile from source but somehow still maintain it from the package manager, I'd appreciate any info you can provide.
Thanks! -Lee
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You'll need to have an unstable distribution in you
/etc/apt/sources.list. I don't think there is any backport for stable,
but you can try installing directly with the .debs found on the previous
page.
* Vincent Fourmond <vincent.fourmond@9online.fr> [2006-11-16 13:33]:
Lee Benson wrote:
You'll need to have an unstable distribution in you
/etc/apt/sources.list. I don't think there is any backport for stable,
but you can try installing directly with the .debs found on the previous
page.
The .debs built for testing and unstable depend on a newer version of libc6 than stable has.
Add testing to /etc/apt/sources.list and then run
apt-get build-dep ruby1.8
apt-get source --build ruby1.8
You'll end up with a pile of Ruby .debs that you can install with dpkg -i.