Good point. Ok, a dumb question. I found I can run "gem install -i install_dir -d bin_dir"
Where do people usually install such things in their user spaces? /home/user/var/lib/gems What about the "-d bin_dir"? What kind of things go in there? .so libraries like mysql.so? What default location do those usually end up in? Where is a usual place to put them in my home space? What environment variables do I need to work with to make my installed gems are used instead of older system installed gems? Regards, Rob On Apr 6, 2:07 am, Roderick van Domburg <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote: > Rob Redmon wrote: > > So, do I ask the IT department to install Ruby on Rails or continue > > asking for particular packages? I'd rather just get the whole thing. > > If so, will an install of "rails" override or interfere with already > > installed rails libraries? They will only install RedHat 5 managed > > packages without a huge fight. Other packages, I have to compile and > > install in my own user space (/home). > > RHEL doesn't carry a lot of gems, and certainly not recent versions. > Installing them yourself is the way to go. > > -- > Roderick van Domburghttp://www.railscluster.nl > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
