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shell> wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz On Oct 3, 7:23 pm, muasif80 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following are the steps that I performed to install ruby on my > linux > machine. This same text is also available > onhttp://linux-certification.blogspot.com/2008/10/setting-up-ruby-on-li... > > I went tohttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/There I found out a > section with the heading Ruby Source Code > > I pick the url of the link for the file using the right click and > choosing the 'copy link location' in my firefox. > > Then I went to the shell on my linux and put the following command > > shell> wgetftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8...8.7-p72.tar.gz > > This downloaded the ruby source code to my root directory. I > extracted > the file using the following command > > shell> tar -xvf ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz > > This command extracted the source archieve to ruby-1.8.7-p72 > directory. > Then I enter into this ruby-1.8.7-p72 directory and executed the > following command > > shell> ./configure > > This is actually not a command rather a script, that is run to check > the > required configurations for the installation purposes. At the > successful > run of this script I executed the following command > > shell> make > > This make command compiled the code. At the end of the make command I > executed the following command > > shell> make install > > This make install command installed the ruby and placed the ruby > files > in appropriate folders. > > Thats all to what I did for installing ruby on a linux machine. > > You can confirm your ruby installation by using the following command > > shell> ruby -v --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
