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1

Hi.

In the download section of ruby-lang.org, there's a how-to about
installation of Ruby.
The document says:

[quote]
For example, on Debian or Ubuntu apt-get provides an easy and elegant
solution:

% apt-get install ruby1.8 irb1.8 rdoc1.8
[/quote]

However, afaik, the recommendation way of installing ruby is using
virtual package
named 'ruby' especially in Ubuntu. Thus, I believe that the above code
snippet should
be corrected like:

% apt-get install ruby irb rdoc

What do you guys think about this?

Sincerely,
Minkoo Seo

2

I'm happy to make this change if it is needed, but I know nothing about this. Can someone please confirm this approach?

James Edward Gray II

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On Oct 17, 2006, at 3:21 AM, Minkoo wrote:

Thus, I believe that the above code snippet should
be corrected like:

% apt-get install ruby irb rdoc

What do you guys think about this?

3

I can confirm on Ubuntu.

The command should probably read:
$ sudo apt-get install ruby irb rdoc

For irb and rdoc you will need to enable the universe repository.

···

On 17/10/06, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

On Oct 17, 2006, at 3:21 AM, Minkoo wrote:

> Thus, I believe that the above code snippet should
> be corrected like:
>
> % apt-get install ruby irb rdoc
>
> What do you guys think about this?

I'm happy to make this change if it is needed, but I know nothing
about this. Can someone please confirm this approach?

James Edward Gray II

--

4

Good enough for me, I made the change.

Thank you both.

James Edward Gray II

···

On Oct 17, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Jon Lim wrote:

I can confirm on Ubuntu.

The command should probably read:
$ sudo apt-get install ruby irb rdoc

For irb and rdoc you will need to enable the universe repository.