# Ruby 1.9 compilation - question **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 31, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-compilation-question/174664 "2009-08-31T08:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-compilation-question/174664/1 "2009-08-31T08:53:39Z")
I’m following the instructions at - [http://amerj.info/2009/03/19/howto-install-rails-23-and-ruby-19-on-ubuntu-for-mysql-and-sqlite3/](http://amerj.info/2009/03/19/howto-install-rails-23-and-ruby-19-on-ubuntu-for-mysql-and-sqlite3/) I don’t know if I’m having a critical problem or not. Here’s the abbreviated CLI output: …ruby-1.9.1-p243$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local –with-openssl-dir=/usr --with-readline-dir=/usr –with-zlib-dir=/usr configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-openssl-dir, –with-readline-dir, --with-zlib-dir . . . creating config.h configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-openssl-dir, –with-readline-dir, --with-zlib-dir tomc@tomc-desktop:~/software\_archive/ruby-1.9.1/ruby-1.9.1-p243$ I look at “info configure”, but what I got with that didn’t look helpful (not to me, anyway). Can someone advise me as to what this means, and what I need to do different, if anything? Thanks very much, t. – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ``` ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-compilation-question/174664/2 "2009-08-31T13:03:08Z")
\<\< PLEASE DISREGARD the request for help below. \>\> This 1.9 install royally messed up by 1.8.7 install, among other things. I’ve abandoned it completely. Don’t have time for this nonsense. Ah…but getting 1.8.7 working again was a nightmare in itself. Ruby 1.9 just won’t disappear. Arrrrgh! Sad. Back to normal now, though. Sigh. t. Tom C. wrote: > > –with-zlib-dir=/usr > > –with-readline-dir, --with-zlib-dir > > t. > > $ ruby19 -ropenssl -rzlib -rreadline -e “puts ‘Happy new Ruby’” > Happy new Ruby > > This looks rather confirming. Does it means my install is A-OK? > > t. – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ``` ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-compilation-question/174664/3 "2009-08-31T15:39:12Z")
> This 1.9 install royally messed up by 1.8.7 install, among other things. > I’ve abandoned it completely. Don’t have time for this nonsense. One strategy - out of possibly many - is to use versioned directories, similar to how GoboLinux [http://gobolinux.org/](http://gobolinux.org/) does it. Then installs like the one you mentioned have no chance to “mess” up anything at all. > Ah…but getting 1.8.7 working again was a nightmare in itself. Ruby 1.9 > just won’t disappear. Arrrrgh! Sad. If you stick to solutions like the FHS, then the one to blame is not ruby, but FHS - or you, in this case. People who are not afraid to compile from source should not complain too loudly if their solution is crappy. 😉 On Gobolinux (or more generally AppDir strategy) all one does would be rm -rf /Programs/Ruby/1.9.1 and gone it is (ok, on Gobolinux you need to remove the symlinks, but this can be tied to an event-listener, so the above is still valid). Most other strategies (such as using a package manager) are less elegant than the above ideal of versioned “app dirs”. (But I do admit that there might be a few other problems, with the biggest one possibly that not many people will use this setup, because the FHS is ubiquitous and won’t disappear. Personally however, I use it since 5 years at least for ruby, and it works nicely.) ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-compilation-question/174664/4 "2009-08-31T20:33:56Z")
Marc H. wrote: > > This 1.9 install royally messed up by 1.8.7 install, among other things. > > I’ve abandoned it completely. Don’t have time for this nonsense. > > One strategy - out of possibly many - is to use versioned directories, > similar to how GoboLinux [http://gobolinux.org/](http://gobolinux.org/) does it. Then installs > like the one you mentioned have no chance to “mess” up anything at all. Yeah. Have looked a bit at this, before. Makes so much sense. I now (today) moving toward getting a test install up and running. Life should be easy(er). This traditional nix file system is simple insane. Why don’t people fix the problem? (Well, obvious some of them have…) > > Ah…but getting 1.8.7 working again was a nightmare in itself. Ruby 1.9 > > just won’t disappear. Arrrrgh! Sad. I basically blew the whole day yesterday, working on this problem, only to end up back where I started. > If you stick to solutions like the FHS, then the one to blame is not > ruby, > but FHS - or you, in this case. People who are not afraid to compile > from > source should not complain too loudly if their solution is crappy. 😉 Ouch. (long silence…) > On Gobolinux (or more generally AppDir strategy) all one does would be > > rm -rf /Programs/Ruby/1.9.1 > > and gone it is (ok, on Gobolinux you need to remove the symlinks, but > this can be tied to an event-listener, so the above is still valid). “event-listener” - please explain, if you have time. I roughly understand the concept, but could you name one which might be used, say on gobolinux? > Most other strategies (such as using a package manager) > are less elegant than the above ideal of versioned “app dirs”. > (But I do admit that there might be a few other problems, with the > biggest one possibly that not many people will use this setup, because > the FHS is ubiquitous and won’t disappear. Personally however, I use it > since 5 years at least for ruby, and it works nicely.) “It” being gobolinux? Thanks for your thoughts! Tom – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ``` ---
**Author:** ![tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-compilation-question/174664/5 "2009-08-31T10:01:35Z")
Tom C. wrote: > tomc@tomc-desktop:~/software\_archive/ruby-1.9.1/ruby-1.9.1-p243$ $ ruby19 -ropenssl -rzlib -rreadline -e “puts ‘Happy new Ruby’” Happy new Ruby This looks rather confirming. Does it means my install is A-OK? t. – ```auto Tom C., MS MA, LMHC - Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << removed_email_address@domain.invalid >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health weblog) ```