# Ruby 1.8 & soap

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-soap/61681>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 26, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-soap/61681 "2006-05-26T02:24:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tma)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-soap/61681/1 "2006-05-26T02:24:26Z")

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I’m trying to run some test scripts using SOAP on a debian installation.

ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i486-linux]

There’s nothing in the ri docs tree or anything else that I can find  
which knows  
the PATH to the objects (not that there are any).

The Debian installation claims that this is installed in the libruby and  
is no  
longer a seperate package. Is this true? A different version under  
1.8?

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**Author:** ![tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tma)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-soap/61681/2 "2006-05-26T02:39:29Z")

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Tom A. wrote:

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all I get from ‘ri SOAP’ or ‘ri soap’ is:

Nothing known about…

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**Author:** ![tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tma)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-soap/61681/3 "2006-05-26T04:10:32Z")

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James B. wrote:

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Not a lot of documentation, eh?

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**Author:** ![tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tma)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-soap/61681/4 "2006-05-26T02:57:51Z")

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Tom A. wrote:

> all I get from ‘ri SOAP’ or ‘ri soap’ is:
> 
> Nothing known about…

[http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/soap/rdoc/index.html](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/soap/rdoc/index.html)

–  
James B.

“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally  
for machines to execute.”

- H. Abelson and G. Sussman  
(in "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)