# Hi I have a Debian 4 machine with Ruby 1.8.6 (installed from source) and some gems including Rails

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**Created:** [October 12, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hi-i-have-a-debian-4-machine-with-ruby-1-8-6-installed-from-source-and-some-gems-including-rails/150740 "2008-10-12T09:11:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/The_N)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hi-i-have-a-debian-4-machine-with-ruby-1-8-6-installed-from-source-and-some-gems-including-rails/150740/1 "2008-10-12T09:11:38Z")

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Hi

I have a Debian 4 machine with Ruby 1.8.6 (installed from source) and  
some gems including Rails 2.1 and Phusion Passenger 2.0.3 (mod\_rails,  
which needs fastthread and rack gems). I want to update to the latest  
patch of that version (1.8.6-p287), but I have my concerns. Can I do  
it safely? Is there any warning, any catch? Will I have to reinstall  
RubyGems and every single gem? What’s your advice before patching?  
Will all the dependent apps be screwed up? I’m asking this because,  
unfortunately, there’s no “make uninstall” command after installing  
Ruby from source… Really! I tried, but failed miserably. The only  
choice I see is to erase the folder where it’s located, I doubt  
installing the patch overwrites all the files.

Any suggestion is welcomed. Later…

Juan “The N.” Escajadillo

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**Author:** ![The\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/The_N)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hi-i-have-a-debian-4-machine-with-ruby-1-8-6-installed-from-source-and-some-gems-including-rails/150740/2 "2008-10-12T21:33:51Z")

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The N. wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have a Debian 4 machine with Ruby 1.8.6 (installed from source) and  
> some gems including Rails 2.1 and Phusion Passenger 2.0.3 (mod\_rails,  
> which needs fastthread and rack gems). I want to update to the latest  
> patch of that version (1.8.6-p287)

The Phusion Passenger website recommends it is used in conjunction with  
Ruby Enterprise Edition. That sounds like the way to go for you.

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**Author:** ![The\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/The_N)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hi-i-have-a-debian-4-machine-with-ruby-1-8-6-installed-from-source-and-some-gems-including-rails/150740/3 "2008-10-13T01:56:42Z")

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Everyone posting this thread go here:  
[http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-talk-google/browse\_thread/thread/ea9366c3d05a99c8](http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-talk-google/browse_thread/thread/ea9366c3d05a99c8).

Please erase all your messages here. The link above has the same  
subject.

For Gregory, sorry about that. I tried to correct it by erasing the  
previous messages and posting the subject correctly. this will never  
happen again.

Regards…

The N…