%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Ruby The Ruby package contains the Ruby development environment. This is useful for object-oriented scripting. &lfs71_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &ruby-md5sum; Download size: &ruby-size; Estimated disk space required: &ruby-buildsize; Estimated build time: &ruby-time; Ruby Dependencies Optional , , , and User Notes: Install Ruby by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-shared \ --enable-pthread \ --enable-install-doc && make To test the results, issue: make test. Now, as the root user: make install --enable-shared: This parameter builds the libruby shared library. --enable-pthread: This parameter links the threading library into the Ruby build. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories erb, gem, irb, rake, rdoc, ri, ruby, and testrb libruby.so, libruby-static.a and numerous modules located in the /usr/lib/ruby hierarchy. /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1, /usr/lib/ruby and /usr/share/ri Short Descriptions ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. ruby irb is the interactive interface for Ruby. irb erb is Tiny eRuby. It interprets a Ruby code embedded text file. erb ri displays documentation from a database on Ruby classes, modules and methods. ri libruby.so contains the API functions required by Ruby. libruby.so