Ruby 1.8.0 package for OS X

ruby-talk
1

I just got an ibook and I’m trying to get Ruby 1.8.0 installed on it. I
used Ila’n Terrell’s package for it, which installed it into the
/supp/bin directory. However, the 1.6.8 version of Ruby is still
installed and it is the one that is accessed in the path. Is it
adviseable to remove the 1.6.8 version, and how do I do that? I’m
familiar with linux but OS X is new to me. It’s similar, and yet quite
different from linux at the same time. Perhaps if I had already been
more familiar with other BSD flavors it would seem more normal.

Thanks,
Carl Youngblood

2

I don’t really see any difference between OS X and Linux when it comes
to this.
Just rename it ( the one in /usr/bin) to something like ruby.1.6.8
or add /supp/bin to the path ahead of /usr/bin will do.

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On Dec 5, 2003, at 11:27 PM, Carl Youngblood wrote:

I just got an ibook and I’m trying to get Ruby 1.8.0 installed on it.
I used Ila’n Terrell’s package for it, which installed it into the
/supp/bin directory. However, the 1.6.8 version of Ruby is still
installed and it is the one that is accessed in the path. Is it
adviseable to remove the 1.6.8 version, and how do I do that? I’m
familiar with linux but OS X is new to me. It’s similar, and yet
quite different from linux at the same time. Perhaps if I had already
been more familiar with other BSD flavors it would seem more normal.

Thanks,
Carl Youngblood

3

I’d advise changing the path rather than the renaming the apple installed
ruby, only because some random Apple software update might one day upgrade
the ruby in /usr/bin which might cause some confusion.

Tom

Gavin Jin wrote:

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I don’t really see any difference between OS X and Linux when it comes
to this.
Just rename it ( the one in /usr/bin) to something like ruby.1.6.8
or add /supp/bin to the path ahead of /usr/bin will do.

On Dec 5, 2003, at 11:27 PM, Carl Youngblood wrote:

I just got an ibook and I’m trying to get Ruby 1.8.0 installed on it.
I used Ila’n Terrell’s package for it, which installed it into the
/supp/bin directory. However, the 1.6.8 version of Ruby is still
installed and it is the one that is accessed in the path. Is it
adviseable to remove the 1.6.8 version, and how do I do that? I’m
familiar with linux but OS X is new to me. It’s similar, and yet
quite different from linux at the same time. Perhaps if I had already
been more familiar with other BSD flavors it would seem more normal.

Thanks,
Carl Youngblood