Chris, Its worth noting that the Mac uses its default Ruby for various things. I don't know specially if there are system functions that need it, but I do know that similar binaries like sqlite3 can not be removed without hosing your OS install.
Best, Rob On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 17:28, Martin Emde <[email protected]> wrote: > It's been going really well. I'm really enjoying working at Engine Yard and > San Francisco is awesome. I do miss the San Diego weather but that's to be > expected :P > > Martin Emde > Tw: @martinemde > > > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Chris McCann <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Wow, you guys are fast! Thanks so much for all the input. Nick >> Wientge also suggested RVM so I'm definitely going to give that a try. >> >> Martin: How's the Bay Area treating you? Hope you're well. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris >> >> On May 20, 2:41 pm, Martin Emde <[email protected]> wrote: >> > +1 for RVM >> > >> > Don't try to uninstall the default OS X Ruby. >> > >> > Martin Emde >> > Tw: @martinemde >> > >> > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Scott Smith < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > I ran into similar challenges when I upgraded to Snow Leopard. I >> concur w/ >> > > John on rvm; it's now an integral part of my Ruby development. >> > >> > > I found I could disable the unwanted ruby by deleting or moving its >> > > binaries. I considered reordering the items in the PATH environment >> > > variable, but I decided that was too risky. >> > >> > > HTH, >> > >> > > Scott >> > >> > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:33 PM, John Lynch <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> > >> Chris, why not try RVM? Its a great way to have multiple Rubies on >> your >> > >> machine. >> > >> > >>http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/ >> > >> > >> Regards, >> > >> > >> John Lynch, CTO >> > >> Rigel Group, LLC >> > >> [email protected] >> > >> > >> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Chris McCann <[email protected] >> > >> > >> wrote: >> > >> > SD Ruby, >> > >> > >> > I'm trying to sort out how best to uninstall the default ruby 1.8.6 >> > >> > install that comes with OS X 10.5. I installed 1.8.7 following the >> > >> > Hivelogic advice but now I'm obviously getting conflicts between >> the >> > >> > two ruby versions. >> > >> > >> > My main goal is to do this without clobbering all of the installed >> > >> > gems on my MacBook. Can anyone give me some pointers on how best >> to >> > >> > do this? I would have thought this would be a snap to google but >> I've >> > >> > yet to find an accurate or detailed explanation of how to remove >> > >> > 1.8.6. >> > >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > >> > Chris >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > SD Ruby mailing list >> > >> > [email protected] >> > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> SD Ruby mailing list >> > >> [email protected] >> > >>http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> > >> > > -- >> > > Scott Smith >> > >> > > With privilege comes responsibility, >> > > with responsibility comes accountability, >> > > with accountability comes honesty, >> > > with honesty comes faithfulness. >> > >> > > -- >> > > SD Ruby mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> > >> > -- >> > SD Ruby mailing list >> > [email protected]http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
