# Leopard update - any Ruby hassles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 14, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105 "2007-12-14T01:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105/1 "2007-12-14T01:15:12Z")
So I’ve been dragging my heels on the Leopard update thing. I have an install disc I can use to do it for free (site license at a client) so I can do it, I guess, but I’m still dragging my heels. If you have a bunch of gems, is it in most cases as simple as merely copying the files? This is what I hear from everyone I ask but I want to be absolutely sure. The thing I hate about OS upgrades is it’s not just Apple’s stuff that changes, it’s also months of my own customizations. I nearly swapped out the Finder entirely with Path Finder a week or so ago. I can only guess what that would do on an OS upgrade. anyway, just to keep it relevant, I’m mainly concerned about my gems. – Giles B. Podcast: [http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com](http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com) Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com) Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org) Tumblelog: [http://giles.tumblr.com](http://giles.tumblr.com) ---
**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105/2 "2007-12-14T01:36:51Z")
Giles B. wrote: > anyway, just to keep it relevant, I’m mainly concerned about my gems. > Do you have your own home-built ruby install in /usr/local/bin, or > have you been using Apple’s? I had my own ruby and gems and whatnot all built in 10.4, and upgrading to 10.5 (using the “Against my better judgements, don’t wipe stuff out and start fresh, but instead do your best to just patch the existing install” option) worked seamlessly with Ruby, gems included. ---
**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105/3 "2007-12-14T03:17:29Z")
Ah, so you were complaining about the install set-up without using it yet? 😃 I keed I keed. Mine works perfectly, out-of-the-box, but I did a clean wipe. It was much easier to install it all again via macports/gems than just a couple months ago under Tiger, anyways. This time around wine/Darwine was the only piece that didn’t work just straight from the port, versus the nightmare that is usually getting ImageMagick/rmagick up and running. And I like having X11 slightly better integrated for running ie4osx. Either way, this was really useful: [http://www.dcmanges.com/blog/install-multiple-versions-of-ruby-on-osx-leopard](http://www.dcmanges.com/blog/install-multiple-versions-of-ruby-on-osx-leopard) since I want to be able to run 1.8.5 for some legacy work stuff, and/ or have some custom gem set-ups, whereas the pre-built is pretty nicely set-up for most usage. ---
**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105/4 "2007-12-14T03:48:32Z")
the stock install on Leopard seems pretty darn good. You might want to create other user accounts or create special directories with their own gem repositories for special projects or testing. Overall, I can’t complain about it, used it at work, and makes distributing ruby progs on leopard machines quite painless! ---
**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105/5 "2007-12-14T03:58:28Z")
Everything went pretty smooth for me too… with the exception of ImageScience. Building FreeImage post upgrade sucks rocks right now. You have to go back and install the old SDKs from the Developer CD (as if I had the disk space 😉 and then modify the build to link against those. Hopefully that condition won’t last long, but for now… not trivial. Rob K. ---
**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105/6 "2007-12-14T16:43:45Z")
Main thing I recommend, make sure your Mac is recent or powerful enough to run Leopard well, and if you’re planning to do any thing like RubyCocoa, you’ll best off using Xcode 3 (though Xcode 2 is possible…) and the new Interface Builder is a very very different beast that seems a bit like a Macromedia app in terms of pallets and things… ---
**Author:** ![Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leopard-update-any-ruby-hassles/123105/7 "2007-12-14T05:30:14Z")
> Everything went pretty smooth for me too… with the exception of > ImageScience. Building FreeImage post upgrade sucks rocks right now. > You have to go back and install the old SDKs from the Developer CD (as > if I had the disk space 😉 and then modify the build to link against > those. Hopefully that condition won’t last long, but for now… not > trivial. That does seem like a pain, but if this is the worst complaint, that’s pretty good. – Giles B. Podcast: [http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com](http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com) Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com) Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org) Tumblelog: [http://giles.tumblr.com](http://giles.tumblr.com)