# Ruby 1.8.0 rpm? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [1 October 2003 06:36 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339 "2003-10-01T06:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HAL\_9000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@HAL\_9000](https://rubytalk.org/u/HAL_9000)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2003 06:36 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339/1 "2003-10-01T06:36:10Z")
I want to install on a box where I don’t have root access. For some reason, it has gcc but no yacc. :0 Is there a 1.8 rpm somewhere? That would simplify my life a little. I’ve seen preview4 but nothing later. Thanks, Hal ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Voegele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@Jason\_Voegele](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jason_Voegele)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2003 11:37 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339/2 "2003-10-01T11:37:34Z")
Hal Fulton wrote: > Is there a 1.8 rpm somewhere? That would simplify my life a little. > > I’ve seen preview4 but nothing later. [http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ruby-1.8.0-1.i386.html](http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ruby-1.8.0-1.i386.html) or if that link is broken by wrapping: [http://tinyurl.com/pan6](http://tinyurl.com/pan6) For Debian users, there’s: [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/ruby.html](http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/ruby.html) > **···** > > – > Jason Voegele > “We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us.” > – Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun ---
**Author:** ![Mauricio\_Fernndez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Mauricio\_Fernndez](https://rubytalk.org/u/Mauricio_Fernndez)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2003 18:42 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339/3 "2003-10-01T18:42:40Z")
Are you sure yacc is needed to build? In my tarball (582a65e52598a4a1e9fce523e16e67d6 ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz), the parser is in parse.c (pre-generated). > **···** > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 03:36:10PM +0900, Hal Fulton wrote: > > > I want to install on a box where I don’t have root access. > > > > For some reason, it has gcc but no yacc. :0 > > – > \_ \_ > > > > \_\_ \_\_ _| |_ \_\_\_ \_ \_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_ \_ \_ \_\_ > > > '\_ \ / _`| __/__ | '_` \_ \ / ` | ’ \ > > > ) | (| | |_\_\_ \ | | | | | (_| | | | | > > > .\_\_/ \_,_|\ __|__ /| |_| |_|\__,_|_| |\_| > > > Running Debian GNU/Linux Sid (unstable) > > > batsman dot geo at yahoo dot com > > And Bruce is effectively building BruceIX > – Alan Cox ---
**Author:** ![HAL\_9000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@HAL\_9000](https://rubytalk.org/u/HAL_9000)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2003 18:49 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339/4 "2003-10-01T18:49:20Z")
Jason Voegele wrote: > Hal Fulton wrote: > > > Is there a 1.8 rpm somewhere? That would simplify my life a little. > > > > I’ve seen preview4 but nothing later. > > [http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ruby-1.8.0-1.i386.html](http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ruby-1.8.0-1.i386.html) I thought the 1.8.0-1 meant preview 1. Is this really the released 1.8 then? Hal ---
**Author:** ![HAL\_9000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@HAL\_9000](https://rubytalk.org/u/HAL_9000)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2003 18:51 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339/5 "2003-10-01T18:51:45Z")
Mauricio Fernández wrote: > > I want to install on a box where I don’t have root access. > > > > For some reason, it has gcc but no yacc. :0 > > Are you sure yacc is needed to build? > In my tarball (582a65e52598a4a1e9fce523e16e67d6 ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz), > the parser is in parse.c (pre-generated). I try to avoid the details. I think it was the stable snapshot that I got – don’t know sum. What happened to me was it crashed after building a few files. It ends with: gcc -g -O2 -I. -I. -c pack.c yacc parse.y make: yacc: Command not found make: \*\*\* [parse.c] Error 127 That’s all I know. Hal > **···** > > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 03:36:10PM +0900, Hal Fulton wrote: ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Tesla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Samuel\_Tesla](https://rubytalk.org/u/Samuel_Tesla)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2003 19:42 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339/6 "2003-10-01T19:42:42Z")
[http://www.caliban.org/ruby/](http://www.caliban.org/ruby/) Down toward the bottom he’s got 1.8.0-3 RPMs. Very nice. – Samuel ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_Johnson6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lyle\_Johnson6](https://rubytalk.org/u/Lyle_Johnson6)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2003 20:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339/7 "2003-10-01T20:22:27Z")
Hal Fulton wrote: > I thought the 1.8.0-1 meant preview 1. Is this really > the released 1.8 then? Yes, this should be the first release of the ruby-1.8.0 RPM. The naming convention for RPMs is that that third field is the release number, which indicates the number of times this RPM package has been rebuilt for the given software version (ruby 1.8.0). Usually those rebuilds (which bump up the “release” number) are due to bug fixes. So, for example, after ruby-1.8.0 has been out for awhile, the RPM package maintainer might release a ruby-1.8.0-2.i386.rpm with the latest bug fixes for ruby-1.8.0. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Macdonald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ian\_Macdonald](https://rubytalk.org/u/Ian_Macdonald)\ **Post date:** [1 October 2003 21:15 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-1-8-0-rpm/8339/8 "2003-10-01T21:15:27Z")
Thanks. I also put together RPMs of the latest 1.8.x snapshot every few days. Ian > **···** > > On Thu 02 Oct 2003 at 04:42:42 +0900, Samuel Tesla wrote: > > > [Ruby Projects](http://www.caliban.org/ruby/) > > > > Down toward the bottom he’s got 1.8.0-3 RPMs. Very nice. > > – > Ian Macdonald | Geometry teaches us to bisex angels. > System Administrator | > [ian@caliban.org](mailto:ian@caliban.org) | > [http://www.caliban.org](http://www.caliban.org) | > \>