Rahul Kumar wrote: > Ast Jay wrote: >> I've followed the instructions here: >> http://hivelogic.com/articles/compiling-ruby-rubygems-and-rails-on-snow-leopard >> >> ...and everything seems to go ok. I do ruby -v and I'm told I have >> 1.9.2, but after restarting the machine it goes back to 1.8.7 :-/ >> >> Am I doing something wrong? >> >> Should I just use macports or fink or locomotive? I will be using it >> mainly for Rails. >> >> Thanks in advance. > > 1. fink is obsolete, please use macports over fink. > > Macports installs in opt/local/bin which does not get overwritten when > you upgrade OSX. The gripe I have with the hivelogic way is that it > installs in /usr and that used to get overrwritten by OSX. > > rvm is the preferred way as you can easily switch between various > versions of ruby. Perhaps you should post the errors you face with rvm > so the author can help you. > > At any rate, do not delete the system ruby (/usr/bin/ruby) as you may > need it to compile things like vim with ruby support. Thanks for the heads up about Fink - it is still listed on the rails site, hence I considered it. I just want a set-up that works tbh, hence being put off RVM - I am learning rails so just want to be able to get into that and not worry about additional errors/set-backs. Thanks to Jose I now have 1.9.2 working and if I need to upgrade again will use RVM next time, as by then I should be a bit more knowledgeable about it all. Thanks for you help :) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.