run freebsd ;-) cd /usr/ports/lang/ruby make install all done. -----Original Message----- From: Josh Huber [mailto:huber / mclx.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 2:18 PM To: ruby-talk / netlab.co.jp Subject: [ruby-talk:7804] Re: Is Ruby part of any standard GNU Linux distributions? On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 07:10:04AM +0900, Pete McBreen, McBreen.Consulting wrote: > Anybody know what it would take to get Ruby into the standard GNU Linux > distributions? > > I'm interested because I'm looking for a web hosting provider that > supports the use of Ruby. There is plenty of Perl/Python support, but > I've not found Ruby yet. > > Interestingly though, I found a provider that supports whatever is on > the standard RedHat Linux distribution. But Ruby doesn't appear to be on > RedHat 6.2. > > Would getting on the GNU Linux distributions be a good thing for Ruby? > Thoughts anyone? It's in Debian. I think it's included with potato (1.4.something), and the newest version (of course) is in unstable. I'm assuming that RedHat will catch up eventually (as usual). ttyl, -- Josh Huber 1024D/6B21489A 61F0 6138 BE7B FEBF A223 E9D1 BFE1 2065 6B21 489A