Month: May 2009

Working with multiple ruby versions on same server

by sandipransing, posted in Ruby, Ruby on Rails

click for original postNice post by Michael GreenlyI recently changed how I'm handling multiple simultaneous Ruby installations and I'd like to share.What I needed was to make it convenient to switch between the system provided packages and specific, from source, installations. After some experiments I decided to use 'update-alternatives' to do it.Here's a quick walk … Continue reading Working with multiple ruby versions on same server

Ruby 1.8.7 and rails installation on ubuntu interpid

by sandipransing, posted in Ruby on Rails

Execute following commands in order to install ruby and rails.sudo apt-get install build-essentialBelow command will install all necessary packages.if you dont want any remove it from command.sudo apt-get install ruby ri rdoc mysql-server libmysql-ruby ruby1.8-dev irb1.8 libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libmysql-ruby1.8 libmysqlclient15off libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libreadline-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 mysql-client-5.0 mysql-common mysql-server-5.0 rdoc1.8 ri1.8 ruby1.8 irb libopenssl-ruby libopenssl-ruby1.8 libterm-readkey-perl psmiscGem … Continue reading Ruby 1.8.7 and rails installation on ubuntu interpid