Ruby upgrade in Mac OS X Leopard

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Hello guys,

I am working with the standard Ruby delivered within Mac OS X Leopard. It
is the version 1.8.6 patch level 111. Is it possible to apply patches? or
do they come with Mac OS X updates? If I should apply them manually up to
which patch level I should go without braking the Ruby environment? Can I
go to 1.9.0?

Thanks in advance for your answer,

Guillermo

2

I don't think anybody here will recommend touching apple's ruby version, as this will get you in trouble sooner or later

If you want/need a more recent version, you should take a look at Fink or MacPorts.

Hope this helps.

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Guillermo.Acilu@koiaka.com wrote:

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Hello guys,

I am working with the standard Ruby delivered within Mac OS X Leopard. It is the version 1.8.6 patch level 111. Is it possible to apply patches? or do they come with Mac OS X updates? If I should apply them manually up to which patch level I should go without braking the Ruby environment? Can I go to 1.9.0?

Thanks in advance for your answer,

3

I would just grab the tarball for 1.9 and run ./configure --program-suffix=19. You already have all the pieces you need.

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On Jun 20, 2008, at 07:09 AM, Guillermo.Acilu@koiaka.com wrote:

I am working with the standard Ruby delivered within Mac OS X Leopard. It
is the version 1.8.6 patch level 111. Is it possible to apply patches? or
do they come with Mac OS X updates? If I should apply them manually up to
which patch level I should go without braking the Ruby environment? Can I
go to 1.9.0?

4

Thanks for your answer Stefan.

I am interested in using Ruby 1.9.0. What about JRuby? does it support
1.9.0?

Thanks,

Guillermo

From:
Stefan Krüger <stadtkind2@gmx.de>
To:
ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML)
Date:
20.06.2008 16:40
Subject:
Re: Ruby upgrade in Mac OS X Leopard

[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

Hello guys,

I am working with the standard Ruby delivered within Mac OS X Leopard.

It

is the version 1.8.6 patch level 111. Is it possible to apply patches?

or

do they come with Mac OS X updates? If I should apply them manually up

to

which patch level I should go without braking the Ruby environment? Can

I

go to 1.9.0?

Thanks in advance for your answer,

I don't think anybody here will recommend touching apple's ruby version,
as this will get you in trouble sooner or later

If you want/need a more recent version, you should take a look at Fink
or MacPorts.

Hope this helps.

···

Guillermo.Acilu@koiaka.com wrote:

5

would just grab the tarball for 1.9 and run ./configure --program-

suffix=19. You already have all the pieces you need.

[Nation, Carey]
Maybe. If configure tells you that gcc can't create executables,
install xcode 2.x if you don't have it.

6

Dan Benjamin has a very clear walkthrough on installing Ruby from
scratch on OS X:

It doesn't conflict with Apple's version of Ruby.

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On Jun 20, 12:34 pm, "Nation, Carey" <Carey.Nat...@turner.com> wrote:

>>would just grab the tarball for 1.9 and run ./configure --program-
>>>suffix=19. You already have all the pieces you need.

[Nation, Carey]
Maybe. If configure tells you that gcc can't create executables,
install xcode 2.x if you don't have it.

7

Soon! JRuby 1.1.3 will have a --1.9 flag that allows you to switch versions. Only a few things work so far, like fibers and IO to IO copying.

- Charlie

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Guillermo.Acilu@koiaka.com wrote:

Thanks for your answer Stefan.

I am interested in using Ruby 1.9.0. What about JRuby? does it support 1.9.0?

8

Good to know it Charlie!

From:
Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@sun.com>
To:
ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML)
Date:
25.06.2008 00:42
Subject:
Re: Ruby upgrade in Mac OS X Leopard

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Guillermo.Acilu@koiaka.com wrote:

Thanks for your answer Stefan.

I am interested in using Ruby 1.9.0. What about JRuby? does it support
1.9.0?

Soon! JRuby 1.1.3 will have a --1.9 flag that allows you to switch
versions. Only a few things work so far, like fibers and IO to IO copying.

- Charlie