From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QD4RX-0002aE-TJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:41:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5848D1C031; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:39:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from genesis.genestate.com (pathfinder.genestate.com [212.21.116.18]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED9051C031 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:39:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by genesis.genestate.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C12E28F59B; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:39:52 +0100 (BST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=genestate.com; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :mime-version:references:message-id:subject:from:date:received :received; s=default; t=1303432792; bh=ZxD26UemveEbLUp3Go9Q6ozmE InlGIDAdhsckFfKlR4=; b=eLX+gld7MCbK8Y+3qbtg/ZXJsDQCnzMlWvEIEV+80 O8d47+FFNl547wTTF1NUqGEUjPEcJ4EG+yS/ybi1o1zN9fUnEPPSYJYfe1s5OwLR LYgc3nO3KwXR8gP9ytZsb3AbA0CzGSW7mAjUNO+lV7Fft1TMU/QQrERQQXv3dMav 5k= Received: from genesis.genestate.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (exodus.genestate.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTP id 5q2N+H7-FVZB; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:39:52 +0100 (BST) Received: by genesis.genestate.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6731028F66A; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:39:52 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:39:52 +0100 From: Matt Harrison To: kashani Cc: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] installing ffi gem Message-ID: <20110422003952.GC18633@genestate.com> References: <20110421235713.GA18633@genestate.com> <4DB0CCC1.7050905@badapple.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BRE3mIcgqKzpedwo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DB0CCC1.7050905@badapple.net> X-Operating-System: Linux/2.6.36-hardened-r9 (i686) X-Uptime: 8:58 X-GPG-Key-ID: 0xDB2B79A4 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c08b185f06060244705e3ebf6195014c --BRE3mIcgqKzpedwo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 inst= alling the ffi > > gem for ruby. > > > > According to a bug I found (can't find it now I'm afraid) the gentoo de= vs do not > > support installing gems via the gem command and directed the user to us= e 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 t= o `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 ubunt= u 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 >=20 > Install RVM, make it part of your shell, then install the ruby and gems= =20 > of your choice. That way you leave the system Ruby alone and can develop= =20 > with the versions you want. You can even do multiple versions of ruby=20 > and various gems for working on many different projects at once. >=20 > https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/rvm/install/ >=20 > It really is the simplest way to build a dev environment and maintain=20 > it for Ruby. >=20 > kashani Thanks Alan and kashani, I'll take a look at both, if I can't find anything on his blog I'll give RV= M a go :) Thanks guys --BRE3mIcgqKzpedwo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNsM5YAAoJEAy5yA3bK3mkHEoH/RRxM7Cn5nPnEacAHsQETnxg +LwgB/dwI95CIj+MLiJnIzgMPFa7Da1LcA27Wd4x7iGETVWqhTW5mLx+Ae85VS7z mhgyGnEcTvbDvAiwMoqPJJvNnfqUGjO1mmU1g0+xiDXHM3D3N4vRwcrinuCzksdT h7xnkCQ6y5F8aam8h/0FeoL66IdIVFB+V+dwdvaSsmlPyUYsVFFERgvhm1PYAzNU P32EvgQHOc04a1SdtCIfI8OtjpRYukkoEpEUFY5VtTMFKxjUiDmlRGGeZSVfxCcs Az2Hm8Q1jw4Xmzy6KVl3Y5pY047KaK9fx7gKD1hOBt+ZICcU9kVSzXvMV+bN82s= =MHWe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BRE3mIcgqKzpedwo--