On 7/17/06, Alex Nedelcu <bonefry / gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Ruby 1.8.2 installed on a RHEL 3 server from the tarball, install
> with the usual make/make install procedure.
> How can I uninstall Ruby so I can install Ruby 1.8.4 ?

Unfortunately, there's probably no customary "make uninstall". Where
is your version of 1.8.2 installed? You might be able to remove it
manually...

When installing it yourself, you might give Ruby its own install
directory, as described here:
http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/InstallingRuby (scroll down
to "Custom Install on GNU/Linux"). This makes for easy removal for
upgrading later on.

> Also, can you tell how could I build a RPM package so I don't have to
> worry about it in the future ?

If you follow the instructions for putting Ruby off in its own
directory, you don't need an rpm.

---John