Comments on: (Re) installing Ruby on Ubuntu http://lubospprog.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/re-installing-ruby-on-ubuntu/ Lubos Blog about Programming (mainly Java) and Computers Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tristan http://lubospprog.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/re-installing-ruby-on-ubuntu/#comment-76 Tristan Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:43:16 +0000 http://lubospprog.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/re-installing-ruby-on-ubuntu/#comment-76 I suppose that it is "proper" to install all this through apt. However, you are blowing the point of rubygems (why even install it??). If you use rubygems at all, you are negating using only apt as package manager. Anywho, as we all know, the apt-supplied rubygems is busted. The easiest way to go about what you did (IMO) is to build rubygems from source, then do a simple sudo apt-get remove ruby; sudo apt-get install ruby; gem install rails; gem install hpricot; etc... I suppose that it is “proper” to install all this through apt. However, you are blowing the point of rubygems (why even install it??). If you use rubygems at all, you are negating using only apt as package manager.

Anywho, as we all know, the apt-supplied rubygems is busted. The easiest way to go about what you did (IMO) is to build rubygems from source, then do a simple sudo apt-get remove ruby; sudo apt-get install ruby; gem install rails; gem install hpricot; etc…

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