On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 05:33:05PM -0700, kashani wrote: > On 4/21/2011 4:57 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: > > I've just tried setting up a new development machine and I'm stuck > > installing the ffi > > gem for ruby. > > > > According to a bug I found (can't find it now I'm afraid) the gentoo devs > > do not > > support installing gems via the gem command and directed the user to use the > > dev-ruby/ffi package. Unfortnately, that package is absolutely ancient and > > unusable. > > > > Anyway, I've got the ffi library install from portage, but when I try to > > `gem install > > ffi`, I get the output seen in the attachement. > > > > The same gem installs just fine on an ubuntu box, but...well it's ubuntu > > and I don't > > want to use that (besides it's just a VM). > > > > I'd really like to get this fixed so I can get started on a new project. > > > > Grateful for any help > > > > Matt > > Install RVM, make it part of your shell, then install the ruby and gems > of your choice. That way you leave the system Ruby alone and can develop > with the versions you want. You can even do multiple versions of ruby > and various gems for working on many different projects at once. > > https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/rvm/install/ > > It really is the simplest way to build a dev environment and maintain > it for Ruby. > > kashani
Thanks Alan and kashani, I'll take a look at both, if I can't find anything on his blog I'll give RVM a go :) Thanks guys
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