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Re: error when irb not installed: msg#00094

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Subject: Re: error when irb not installed

On Dec 27, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Eric Hodel wrote:

Ruby's `make install` installs everything.  There is no make target  
(or other built-in command) that will only install this standard  
library file or that standard library file for ruby.
...

"irb is part of ruby.  If you don't have irb with your ruby it is  
broken.  Figure out how to install irb for ABC distribution then  
RubyGems will work.  Be sure to file a bug with your distribution for  
shipping a broken ruby, too."
...

I would file a bug with CentOS.  My /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8 is all of  
6.7M, so installing the standard library as it ships is not onerous.

Yeah, I'm not sure why they left it out. Seems like they had to go out
of their way make is a separate install.


Jim Freeze



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