Amos King
9/27/2006 7:52:00 PM
Why not just grab locomotive. It is nice, easy, and seperates your
development enviroment from the rest of the mac. And if you don't
like something you can just drag the folder to the trash and start
over.
On 9/27/06, gwtmp01@mac.com <gwtmp01@mac.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 27, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Hans Fugal wrote:
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> > Reprisal wrote:
> >> Ruby is also available via DarwinPorts which is pretty nice. I'd
> >> recommend doing a clean install either via port or manually
> >> compiling it. It will take more CPU time but probably less of
> >> your own time and provide a cleaner result in the end. With out
> >> the developer tools you wont be able to do anything, because you
> >> wont have gcc. Grab the tools from your install disk or http://
> >> developer.apple.com/tools/ .
> >
> >
> > I actually did use the ports version for awhile at the beginning
> > and it only confused things. It will take less me-time to install,
> > yes, but it will not (IMHO) be a cleaner result.
>
> I just went the other way, moving from compiling on my own to using
> darwin ports. I did have to install the newest version of Xcode but
> after that everything just worked on both an Intel MacBook and an
> older PowerPC Imac.
>
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> Gary Wright
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Amos King
USPS
Programmer/Analyst
St. Louis, MO