Jonathan Nielsen wrote: >> I'm new to ruby, I'm trying to clarify some install instructions: >> >> "Don't forget to install ruby-dev to and mkmf gem." >> >> are these gems, I can't ??seem to find anything about them. > > Hi, > > Those are packages you should install if your copy of ruby is from a > package manager (like apt in Ubuntu/Debian, yum in Fedora, etc). If > you are running on Windows or building from source I don't think you > have to worry about those. > > -Jonathan Nielsen Hi, I'm doing this on dreamhost, which is a debian system.I listed the installed gems, these didn't come up. Thanks Brian -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.