Also, nowadays I use $ rvm notes
or $ apt-get -s build-dep ruby1.8 to quickly determine what packages you need to install before attempting to build ruby from source on Ubuntu. It's a bit annoying when you build it all and it doesn't have readline support or something. -- Gregory McIntyre -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.