On Sep 28, 2007, at 2:46 PM, Simon Pickering wrote: > >> More newbie problems! >> I am trying to get ruby running on my 770. I downloaded the tar >> file and >> installed it in /var/lib/install/usr. I created a .profile that >> added that >> directory to the PATH. After rebooting the 770, it does not seem >> to be >> working properly. Here is my .profile: > > This may not be directly related, but you are making life hard for > yourself installing things where they shouldn't be. It looks like > you've been reading the (very very) old packaging instructions. > Things are no-longer installed under /var/lib/install. Instead they > are installed in the usual location /usr/bin and so on. This makes > life easier when building things and also means the end user can > update the binaries that come pre-installed.
It's still not working for me. I logged in as root (sudo gainroot) and did this: cd /usr tar zxvf /media/mmc1/ruby-1.8.4.nok770d.tar.gz I then rebooted the computer. Everything appears to be in the right place, but I can't run the programs. Here's what I get: >ruby sh: ruby: not found What am I doing wrong? Mike _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
