I completely sympathize with how hard it is to get linux configurations straightened out. It can be a nightmare.
The rvm does have two uses beyond switching quickly between two versions of ruby: It makes it trivial to upgrade your ruby when a new version comes out, and it takes some of the configuration problems out of linux, so it should make it easier to straighten out whatever happened. So, I'd say that working to get rvm installed will be less hassle in the long run. You say you're just starting with linux. Does that mean you have a fairly fresh machine? It might be easier to just start over with a clean build of linux. And this time, write down every configuration thing you do so you have a history. Either way, if you type: bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm) Then you can pursue any error messages you get. (You will definitely have to install git first.) On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM, fredrated <fr...@abag.ca.gov> wrote: > This whole thing seems like some kind of nightmare to me. > I can't install rvm without Ruby already installed. Then rvm is > useless because I don't need more than 1 version of ruby. > l guess I should mention that I am a linux newbie hoping to abandon > Windos. > > So back to the original question: since the extract saved files that > the ruby program wanted but couldn't find, where do I extract the ruby > files so that ruby knows how to find what it needs? > > Or is there some other way to tell ruby where to find the files it > needs that are already on the computer? > > Thanks. -- 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.
