Hi Chris, Another way is to install homebrew and run brew install ruby. This will make ruby 1.9.1p378 your default ruby at /usr/local/bin/ruby. However, homebrew is at ruby 1.9.1, and I've experienced trouble running Rails 3 apps with anything other than 1.9.2-head. So I also use RVM for all my projects.
The killer feature in RVM is gemsets. Just drop a .rvmrc file in a project folder and when you cd to that folder it will automatically change to the defined ruby version and gemset for that project. So... % cd /path/to/my/rails3project Using ruby 1.9.2 head with gemset myrails3project [master]% Have fun, Peter On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Rob Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Peter Gumeson [email protected] -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
