# Ri for stdlib **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 31, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-for-stdlib/93349 "2006-03-31T09:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pool007)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-for-stdlib/93349/1 "2006-03-31T09:56:14Z")
Hi group. I installed stable release of ruby ‘ruby 1.8.4 (2006-03-29) [i686-linux]’ in my linux box. But, when I try to run ri on stdlib, say Socket, it says ‘Nothing known about Socket.’ Running ‘ri Resolv’ resulted in the same message. I’ve searched this list, but I couldn’t find any solution but for one that recommends ‘[ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org)’ which, unfortunately, does not contain documentation for resolv.rb. So, I loaded the source code of resolv.rb in vim and read the code and comments. Is this the best we can do? Is there no way to see documentaiton for stdlib conveniently? Sincerely, Minkoo S. ---
**Author:** ![pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pool007)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 10:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-for-stdlib/93349/2 "2006-03-31T10:23:30Z")
change the current directory to the source directory of ruby distribution, and then > rdoc lib/\*\*/\*.rb ---
**Author:** ![pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pool007)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-for-stdlib/93349/3 "2006-03-31T12:35:16Z")
Thanks Eric. I’ve tried the command, but I failed primarily because there’s no such things like ‘socket.rb’ Socket is written in C, I guess. So there’s no document. The same situation in resolv.rb. At this time, resolv.rb does not contain RDoc documents. So, does all people in this group examine source codes of Ruby whenever they want to do something serious with stdlib? Sincerely, Minkoo S. ---
**Author:** ![pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pool007)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-for-stdlib/93349/4 "2006-03-31T14:35:21Z")
Minkoo S. wrote: > So, does all people in this group examine source codes of Ruby whenever > they want to do something serious with stdlib? Some people take the time to create rdoc for undocumented libraries and contribute it to the community. ---
**Author:** ![pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pool007)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-for-stdlib/93349/5 "2006-03-31T15:09:16Z")
Tim. Please don’t be nervous. I am just curious what I’m doing is the best way of finding documents. Yes. I know that some people, like the ones at [ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org), are doing lots of stuffs for documenting ruby and I appreciate their effort. As for me, I’m already doing some translations and posting articles in Korean ruby community to attract more programmers into the realm of Ruby. Anyway, what you’ve said seem to confirm that there’s no solid documentation available for stdlib. Well. Disappointed a little bit. Sincerely, Minkoo S. ---
**Author:** ![pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pool007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pool007)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-for-stdlib/93349/6 "2006-03-31T21:29:37Z")
On Mar 30, 2006, at 11:53 PM, Minkoo S. wrote: > Hi group. > > I installed stable release of ruby ‘ruby 1.8.4 (2006-03-29) > [i686-linux]’ in my linux box. But, when I try to run ri on stdlib, > say > Socket, it says ‘Nothing known about Socket.’ Running ‘ri Resolv’ > resulted in the same message. There is no RDoc for Resolv in 1.8. Only in HEAD. It seems that Socket is not fully RDoc’d in 1.8. I didn’t check HEAD. – Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net) This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant [http://trackmap.robotcoop.com](http://trackmap.robotcoop.com)