On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Daniel Spiewak <djspie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > And I agree about the "convenience install pack" of JRuby > > having no notion of security practices. It's the equivalent of getting a > > Linux box and running IE8 as your default browser. > > > Not to take things too far off-topic, but I'm not sure how JRuby's > non-global installation could be considered insecure or bad practice in any > way. I run numerous tools and utilities from within userspace just out of > convenience. If I were to install JRuby on a multi-user box or server (and > I have), then I would probably stick it in /opt and chown it to root. > JRuby > works fine in this case, I would simply need to use sudo whenever using gem > (just as with MRI). > > So, I guess I'm not sure what you're saying here regarding JRuby's lack of > security practices, seeing as it is every bit as capable as MRI in terms of > install configuration, but with the added benefit of allowing non-global > installations without fuss. I'm not sure what non-global has to do with it (or even what it means). >From the jruby.org web site (but also just about any other JRuby documentation I read): 1. Extract JRuby into a directory. 2. Add that directory's bin subdirectory to the end of your path. 3. Test it: jruby -v They expect you to add a user writable directory to your path. You can, and should, chown that directory or use apt or macports (either one will set owner/permission for you), but that's not what the homepage advocates. There's no bundled installer to do it for you. Assaf > > > Daniel >
