Looks like the GEM_BIN environment variable is one way folks swap between 1.8.6 and 1.9.1 of MRI on the same machine: http://www.jurisgalang.com/articles/show/Dual%20Ruby%20Installation
<http://www.jurisgalang.com/articles/show/Dual%20Ruby%20Installation>I'll investigate setting this, along with GEM_HOME and GEM_PATH in dev.bat to the directory tree Jimmy suggested, and report back. Thanks for the pointer! -- Will Green http://willgreen.mp/ On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Jim Deville <jdevi...@microsoft.com> wrote: > One option is the bin folder that Jimmy suggested which is put into your > path by the dev.bat script. > > I also want to say there is a GEMBIN environment variable or config option > (for .gemrc or the gem command line), but I don't remember for certain. > > JD > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Green <w...@hotgazpacho.org> > Sent: June 14, 2009 12:29 PM > To: ironruby-core@rubyforge.org <ironruby-core@rubyforge.org> > Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Cucumber status > > > My pleasure! I hope others will find the guide helpful. Pleas feel free > to link to the post and publicize it any way you see fit. > > As for the cucumber executables (cucumber & cucumber.bat), or any gem > that installs executable commands, these files are installed by the gem > command, by default, in the same directory as the ruby executable. Perhaps > some combination of setting GEM_HOME and GEM_PATH could allow them to be > installed elsewhere? My RubyGems-foo is not yet advanced enough. > > I would hate for this to be a manual process for every gem install, every > time you rebuild IronRuby. I'm open to suggestions on automating this, and > ammending the post. > > -- Will Green > http://willgreen.mp/ > > > > On Jun 14, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Jimmy Schementi < > jimmy.scheme...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the post! It will be very useful to people wanting to use > it. Mind if I put something similar on the “Real Ruby applications and > libraries” page? > <http://ironruby.net/Documentation/Real_Ruby_Applications> > http://ironruby.net/Documentation/Real_Ruby_Applications > > > > I have comment about the last section: > > *SUPER IMPORTANT NOTE!* > > Any time you rebuild IronRuby, the C# compiler will erase the contents of > the directory C:\Development\IronRuby\Merlin\Main\Bin\Debug. This includes > the cucumber and cucumber.bat files. The only way I know to rectify this is > to igem install -–no-rdoc -–no-ri cucumber once again. > > To avoid doing this, just have people create the cucumber.bat/cucumberfiles > in Merlin/Main/Languages/Ruby/Scripts/bin, where all the other files > like that are (rails.bat, rake.bat, etc). I believe that directory already > copies to a build’s $(TargetDir), but if not you can either just add it to > the path or make it copy. > > > > ~js > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [ > mailto:ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org<ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org>] > *On Behalf Of *Will Green > *Sent:* Saturday, June 13, 2009 10:48 PM > *To:* <ironruby-core@rubyforge.org>ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] Cucumber status > > > > I just wrote up a blog post detailing, step by step, the process I followed > to get Cucumber working with IronRuby. May be old hat to some of you, but I > figured that documenting my process might help others going forward. > > > > <http://hotgazpacho.org/2009/06/cucumber-and-ironruby-it-runs/> > http://hotgazpacho.org/2009/06/cucumber-and-ironruby-it-runs/ > > > > -- > > Will Green > <http://willgreen.mp/>http://willgreen.mp/ > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > >
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