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Two Installations of Ruby

highlyjhi

5/22/2007 5:14:00 PM

I'm running Mac OS 10.4.9 with Ruby 1.8.2 installed by default. I
updated to 1.8.6 but I installed it in /Users/jeremy/bin instead of
the default /usr/bin/ So when I go to "ruby -v" it still says 1.8.2.
How do i either move ruby into the correct directory or how do I
change the path to ruby to the new directory? I'd prefer to move
1.8.6 to a different spot outside of my home directory.

Thanks,
Jer
6 Answers

highlyjhi

5/22/2007 6:12:00 PM

0

Great! But when I close Terminal it's back to the default. How do I
keep this way?

On May 22, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Fred Phillips wrote:

> Type this into terminal:
> export PATH=/Users/jeremy/bin:$PATH
>
> On 22/05/07, highlyjhi <highlyjhi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm running Mac OS 10.4.9 with Ruby 1.8.2 installed by default. I
>> updated to 1.8.6 but I installed it in /Users/jeremy/bin instead of
>> the default /usr/bin/ So when I go to "ruby -v" it still says 1.8.2.
>> How do i either move ruby into the correct directory or how do I
>> change the path to ruby to the new directory? I'd prefer to move
>> 1.8.6 to a different spot outside of my home directory.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jer
>>
>>

Sebastian Hungerecker

5/22/2007 6:38:00 PM

0

Fred Phillips wrote:
> Ah right, forgot about that. edit your ~/bashrc file to read:
>
> PATH=PATH=/Users/jeremy/bin:$PATH

Two things: a) It'd have to be export PATH=/Users/jeremy/bin:$PATH
b) bash isn't the default shell on OSX, so he'd have to put it into the
~/.tcshrc or whatever shell he's using.

HTH,
Sebastian
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Gregory Brown

5/22/2007 6:42:00 PM

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On 5/22/07, Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@googlemail.com> wrote:

> b) bash isn't the default shell on OSX, so he'd have to put it into the
> ~/.tcshrc or whatever shell he's using.

Um... Maybe in 10.1 or 10.2, but it's been default 10.3 on up, IIRC

Sebastian Hungerecker

5/22/2007 7:04:00 PM

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Gregory Brown wrote:
> On 5/22/07, Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@googlemail.com> wrote:

> > b) bash isn't the default shell on OSX, so he'd have to put it into the
> > ~/.tcshrc or whatever shell he's using.
>
> Um... Maybe in 10.1 or 10.2, but it's been default 10.3 on up, IIRC

Oh, my knowledge must be out of date then. Sorry for spreading misinformation.


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highlyjhi

5/22/2007 8:45:00 PM

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Is it possible to install the new version of Ruby over the old on OS X?

Tim Hunter

5/22/2007 9:53:00 PM

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highlyjhi wrote:
> Is it possible to install the new version of Ruby over the old on OS X?
>
Yes, but you probably don't want to.

If you let the ./configure script use the default --prefix, Ruby will
get installed in /usr/local. Then all you have to do is add /usr/local
to your PATH in your ~/.profile file in front of the default PATH, like
this:

export PATH=/usr/local:$PATH

You can read about PATH and .profile by entering

man bash

in a Terminal window, or just Google it.

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