Re: [webby] Webby in Windows

[Robert Wahler]

> >> Hmm, there must be a way to install from github source, but i don't know
> >> how. Robert's fork doesn't seem to be on rubygems.org either, otherwise
> >> it would be easy.
> >>
> >> I don't think there's any compiling necessary, so in theory you should be
> >> able to simply replace the files in
> >>
> >> C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4
> >>
> >> and the equivalent for directory_watcher
> >>
> >> I'm sure that's a Very Bad Thing to do ... but it will get you going for
> >> now. Dear mailing list, how else would you install an alternative fork of a
> >> gem?
> >>
> >> aimee

I realize this is a bit late but it may help the next person. The way
I normally install non-published gems is to use the same tools that
are used during gem development. For example:

cd ~/workspace
git clone https://robert...@github.com/robertwahler/webby.git
cd webby
rake -T # let us see what the author provides
rake gem:install

This makes it easier to keep up with forked gem updates:

cd ~/workspace/webby
git pull
rake gem:install

-robert wahler

PS

The forum software would not let me reply to the original thread, thus
the new thread.

-r