Hi --

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, David Vallner wrote:

> Malamute Jute wrote:
>> Chad Fowler wrote:
>>> It's typically installed with the standard Ruby distribution.  If
>>> you're using a Linux system with split up Ruby packages, you may find
>>> it in the list of additional packages to be installed.
>>>
>>> Chad
>>
>> Actually i checked the synaptic (im using edgy eft) and didnt find the
>> 'erb'. i checked again and this time i searched for 'ruby'. now i see
>> eRuby. its installed now but i have to manually make erb symlink to
>> /usr/bin/erb1.8.
>>
>> thanks chad. btw, i also have the rails recipes book and i hope i could
>> read it soon once im comfortable with rails/ruby. thanks again.
>>
>
> Argh Debian deconstructivism. Isn't there a ticket to make a "full
> distribution" metapackage for Ruby already? This always gets me on a new
> Ubuntu install, for some reason irb and erb, and some of the standard
> extensions aren't even recommended packages.

It is tiresome.  I always recommend installing Ruby from source, on
any machine where you can.


David

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