Werner Schuster (murphee) wrote:
> Christopher Williams wrote:
>> We're having a few people trip over this. We expect the directory which
>> contains bin/ruby and lib underneath it. So for most unix installs, the
>> right directory to choose is /usr or /usr/local.
>
> This'll be a usability problem, so how about this:
>
> Windows: No problem, I guess (Ruby is probably always installed
> somewhere in C:\Program Files and users will know to look there);
>
> Unix systems with package management:
> Well, I've used Debian for 6-7 years, and I've no idea where it dumps
> its files;
> Solution: the StandardVMInstall could say "If os == linux (or something)
> 1) look for [ /usr/bin/ruby, /usr/lib/ruby ], if that exists
> -> pre-fill the RubyHome with "/usr"
> 2) else look for [ /usr/local/bin/ruby, /usr/local/lib/ruby ]
> if that exists -> pre-fill the RubyHome with "/usr"
> 3) else: Other usual locations?
> 4) else: tough luck, user's on their own;
>
>
> Mac OS X:
> It's also a Unix with package management, but where does it normally
> stuff Ruby? This location should be pre-filled too.
>
> Comments?
Maybe, you could also try (as a step 2.5) to analyze output from:
====
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("ruby", "-e",
"require 'rbconfig';" +
"puts Config::CONFIG['bindir'];" +
"puts Config::CONFIG['libdir']");
====
or similar. Presumably works if the 'ruby' is on the PATH which is often
the case (at least on Unix/Linux-like systems).
m.
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