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05 Aug, 2010 06:46 PM

How do i change the ruby executable path?

1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Eric Hodel on 05 Aug, 2010 06:50 PM

   

   Install ruby in a different location.

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2. 3 Posted by ron on 11 Aug, 2010 04:35 PM

   

   That does not answer the question. When you have multiple versions of ruby installed (such as debian/ubuntu's one and one compiled from source), how do I tell gem to use my newly compiled ruby instead of my distributiion's version?

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3. Support Staff 4 Posted by Eric Hodel on 11 Aug, 2010 08:14 PM

   

   Set your PATH env var to prefer your newly compiled ruby or use a complete path to the newly installed ruby's gem. gem is installed alongside the ruby it was installed with (/usr/local/bin/ruby will have /usr/local/bin/gem after installing RubyGems).

   PS: I did answer the question you asked. If you want to know how to do a specific thing you will need to ask a specific question. We can't read your mind through the internet

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4. 5 Posted by ron on 12 Aug, 2010 08:37 AM

   

   Thanks for your reply.
   I found the cause of my confusion: I complied ruby but I did not compile gem, thus the system picked up my OS's version of gem. Thus my PATH was correct without leading to the expected result.

   Anyway, I also found a great solution to all version issues: RVM (http://rvm.beginrescueend.com). Takes a little bickering to install and understand at first, but will save you tons of trouble later.

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5. Eric Hodel closed this discussion on 12 Aug, 2010 05:40 PM.

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