On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 05:33:05PM -0700, kashani wrote:
> On 4/21/2011 4:57 PM, Matt Harrison wrote:
> > I've just tried setting up a new development machine and I'm stuck installing the ffi
> > gem for ruby.
> >
> > According to a bug I found (can't find it now I'm afraid) the gentoo devs do not
> > support installing gems via the gem command and directed the user to use the
> > dev-ruby/ffi package. Unfortnately, that package is absolutely ancient and unusable.
> >
> > Anyway, I've got the ffi library install from portage, but when I try to `gem install
> > ffi`, I get the output seen in the attachement.
> >
> > The same gem installs just fine on an ubuntu box, but...well it's ubuntu and I don't
> > want to use that (besides it's just a VM).
> >
> > I'd really like to get this fixed so I can get started on a new project.
> >
> > Grateful for any help
> >
> > Matt
> 
> Install RVM, make it part of your shell, then install the ruby and gems 
> of your choice. That way you leave the system Ruby alone and can develop 
> with the versions you want. You can even do multiple versions of ruby 
> and various gems for working on many different projects at once.
> 
> https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/rvm/install/
> 
> 	It really is the simplest way to build a dev environment and maintain 
> it for Ruby.
> 
> kashani

Thanks Alan and kashani,

I'll take a look at both, if I can't find anything on his blog I'll give RVM a go :)

Thanks guys