Ruby Installation Issue

ruby-talk
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Hello.

I'm looking to install Ruby on my hosting, which is a Linux VPS
server.

I have SSH access and was following this guide:
http://xmlareas.com/ruby-rails-howto.html

The problem is, there's no GCC compiler on my server. I tried google
for a solution but didn't find much. Can anyone help, please?

Thanks,
wd01

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nospam@wd01.co.uk wrote:

Hello.

I'm looking to install Ruby on my hosting, which is a Linux VPS
server.

I have SSH access and was following this guide:
http://xmlareas.com/ruby-rails-howto.html

The problem is, there's no GCC compiler on my server.

What's the distribution?

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Alex

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It's Fedora Core, that's all I know from my hosting company. I don't
know which version.

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On Apr 12, 11:00 pm, Alex Young <a...@blackkettle.org> wrote:

nos...@wd01.co.uk wrote:
> Hello.

> I'm looking to install Ruby on my hosting, which is a Linux VPS
> server.

> I have SSH access and was following this guide:
>http://xmlareas.com/ruby-rails-howto.html

> The problem is, there's no GCC compiler on my server.

What's the distribution?

--
Alex

--
Russell.

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nospam@wd01.co.uk wrote:

It's Fedora Core, that's all I know from my hosting company. I don't
know which version.

`yum install ruby` or `yum install ruby-1.8`

Otherwise, you should seek out the Fedora community:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/

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Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski
http://cynicalryan.110mb.com/
http://clothred.rubyforge.org

Rule of Open-Source Programming #20:

Open Code != Good Code

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Thanks for the advice. Upon more investigation I've discovered that
the installation of Fedora is bare-bones to say the least!

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On 12 Apr, 23:29, Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackr...@googlemail.com> wrote:

nos...@wd01.co.uk wrote:
> It's Fedora Core, that's all I know from my hosting company. I don't
> know which version.

`yum install ruby` or `yum install ruby-1.8`

Otherwise, you should seek out the Fedora community:http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/

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Russell

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nospam@wd01.co.uk wrote:

Thanks for the advice. Upon more investigation I've discovered that
the installation of Fedora is bare-bones to say the least!

It's a server, after all. The hoster doesn't want a hijacked system right from the start, after all :wink:

It's actually a sign of a good hoster, if they stripped down the install to a bare minimum.

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Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski
http://cynicalryan.110mb.com/
http://clothred.rubyforge.org

Rule of Open-Source Programming #4:

If you don't work on your project, chances are that no one will.