# Ri broken

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-broken/95315>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 28, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-broken/95315 "2006-05-28T00:51:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-broken/95315/1 "2006-05-28T00:51:20Z")

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RI does not produce useful output.

> ri Kernel.format  
> More than one method matched your request. You can refine  
> your search by asking for information on one of:

```
 Kernel#format, Kernel#format

```

> ri --version  
> ri v1.0.1 - 20041108

> ruby --version  
> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]

FXRI isn’t any better of course. Clicking on something in the left  
column just pastes it  
into the irb window. There is no help.

Warren Fred

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**Author:** ![wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@wksmall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wksmall)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-broken/95315/2 "2006-05-28T20:47:15Z")

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You should say ‘ri Kernel#format’ instead of ‘ri Kernel.format’.  
Also, keep in mind that you should run ‘make doc\_install’ when  
you manually build ruby.

Sincerely,  
Minkoo S.