Joel VanderWerf
12/24/2007 8:42:00 PM
Ryan Davis wrote:
>
> On Dec 24, 2007, at 12:10 , Pokkai Dokkai wrote:
>
>> i tried to install 'stringio' and some related package
>> (by synaptic package manager in ubuntu7.04) .
>>
>> but can't get corresponding package to solve above error.
>
> this is _precisely_ why I won't use ubuntu for ruby development.
>
> what an f'in PITA.
There's no need to reference unspeakable acts with middle-eastern
flatbreads, or any baked good.
A simple rule for happiness: build ruby from source, and let it go in
/usr/local (or anywhere but /usr). For the developer, that has the
advantage, on any OS, of (a) letting you tinker with the interpreter and
(b) building with architecture-specific optimizations.
Use apt-get (or whatever) to get the few dependencies that are not
commonly installed (such as readline), or build them yourself.
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