Daniel Harple wrote: > On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:44 AM, superN00b wrote: >> I installed Ruby 1.8 using Terminal on Mac OSX (Thank God for Visual >> Quickstart Guides). But when I check the version with "ruby -v", it >> still says that it's running version 1.6.2 or whatever. So I went >> looking for it and sure enough, the new version didn't overwrite >> the old >> one - it just set tself up next to it. So the shell just keeps on >> using >> the old one. > > I think by default ruby will be installed in /usr/local. The Apple > supplied Ruby is in /usr, and you should not remove it, or overwrite > it. Try setting your PATH variable to include /usr/local/bin first: > > Bash: > export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH > > But for the long-term, you really should consider using DarwinPorts. > It takes the pain out of installing software from source. > > -- Daniel OK. That seemed to work. I thought "Bash" was a command, so it wasn't working at first, but then I just took it off and typed in from "export" and it worked. Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.