Justin Collins
7/18/2006 4:30:00 PM
Mat Schaffer wrote:
> On Jul 17, 2006, at 6:37 PM, Alex Nedelcu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Ruby 1.8.2 installed on a RHEL 3 server from the tarball,
>> install with the usual make/make install procedure.
>> How can I uninstall Ruby so I can install Ruby 1.8.4 ?
>>
>> Also, can you tell how could I build a RPM package so I don't have to
>> worry about it in the future ?
>>
>> Sorry about asking, I'm a newbie when it comes to Linux.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>
> Chances are good that you can just install 1.8.4. It'll likely
> overwrite the old stuff assuming you didn't provide any switches to
> the install process.
>
> You can google for how to build RPMs, but it's not easy. The reason
> it knows where all the files are is because someone took the time to
> list them all in the SPEC file in the RPM. Go for it if you want, but
> I'd bet the spray-n-pray method will work fine for you.
> -Mat
Before you do that, you probably want to see where Ruby is currently:
whereis ruby
Then use ./configure --prefix=/that/prefix
For example:
whereis ruby => /usr/local/bin/ruby
Then use
/configure --prefix=/usr/local/
Hope that helps.
-Justin