Ruby 2.2.0 installation on Ubuntu server (15.04) in custom location.
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Padmahas Bn
Nov 13, 2015, 11:51:07 PM11/13/15
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Hello.
I installed ruby 2.2.0 from source code on Ubuntu server 15.04 in "/home/padmahas/ruby/". It created 4 directories "bin", "include", "lib" and "share". But when I give the command "
So I cd to /home/padmahas/ruby/bin and executed the same command but surprisingly Ubuntu gave same error again. I also ensured that the current directory (bin) contains the program ruby in it by executing "ls" command. The directory contains several files such as, "erb", "gem", "irb", "rake", "rdoc", "ri" and "ruby".
Is it mandatory that I should set environment variable for ruby? If yes, why its not executing even from the bin directory?
I appreciate any suggestion or clue.
Thank you.
I installed ruby 2.2.0 from source code on Ubuntu server 15.04 in "/home/padmahas/ruby/". It created 4 directories "bin", "include", "lib" and "share". But when I give the command "
So I cd to /home/padmahas/ruby/bin and executed the same command but surprisingly Ubuntu gave same error again. I also ensured that the current directory (bin) contains the program ruby in it by executing "ls" command. The directory contains several files such as, "erb", "gem", "irb", "rake", "rdoc", "ri" and "ruby".
Is it mandatory that I should set environment variable for ruby? If yes, why its not executing even from the bin directory?
I appreciate any suggestion or clue.
Thank you.
Colin Law
Nov 14, 2015, 3:12:17 AM11/14/15
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On 14 November 2015 at 04:51, Padmahas Bn <padm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I installed ruby 2.2.0 from source code on Ubuntu server 15.04 in
> "/home/padmahas/ruby/". It created 4 directories "bin", "include", "lib" and
> "share". But when I give the command "ruby -version", it says "the program
> ruby is currently not installed. You can install it by typing sudo apt-get
> install ruby".
>
> So I cd to /home/padmahas/ruby/bin and executed the same command but
> surprisingly Ubuntu gave same error again. I also ensured that the current
> directory (bin) contains the program ruby in it by executing "ls" command.
> The directory contains several files such as, "erb", "gem", "irb", "rake",
> "rdoc", "ri" and "ruby".
To run a program from the current directory you have to use ./ruby
> Hello.
>
> I installed ruby 2.2.0 from source code on Ubuntu server 15.04 in
> "/home/padmahas/ruby/". It created 4 directories "bin", "include", "lib" and
> "share". But when I give the command "ruby -version", it says "the program
> ruby is currently not installed. You can install it by typing sudo apt-get
> install ruby".
>
> So I cd to /home/padmahas/ruby/bin and executed the same command but
> surprisingly Ubuntu gave same error again. I also ensured that the current
> directory (bin) contains the program ruby in it by executing "ls" command.
> The directory contains several files such as, "erb", "gem", "irb", "rake",
> "rdoc", "ri" and "ruby".
otherwise it looks in the path first, I think. So the best thing is
to that folder to the path. However I strongly recommend using rvm
(or rbenv), rather than installing from source yourself. It is much
easier and you can install ruby and rails in a single command, plus
have access to different versions on the same machine very easily.
Colin
Colin Law
Nov 14, 2015, 11:32:16 AM11/14/15
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Sorry, missed a word out that made part of my reply meaningless. The
offending sentence should have read "So the best thing is to *add*
that folder to the path". My suggestion to use rvm instead still
stands however.
Colin
offending sentence should have read "So the best thing is to *add*
that folder to the path". My suggestion to use rvm instead still
stands however.
Colin
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