# Ubuntu and Log4r **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 20, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ubuntu-and-log4r/69404 "2006-09-20T21:01:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jansenh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jansenh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jansenh)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ubuntu-and-log4r/69404/1 "2006-09-20T21:01:40Z")
Hi Forum. Not sure where this issue belongs… but anyhow: My Log4r ain’t working 1 . I installed ruby-1.8.5 from source in /usr/src. (based on some blog recomendation…) 2. I installed rybygems-0.8.11 in /usr/src/ Both are working - I did a ‘sudo gem install log4r’ and the package installed itself. 3 . But using Log4r inside my ruby scripts is NOT working. When I search for the Log4r files, I find them in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/log4r-1.0.5/ And from here I do not know how to proceed? I haven’t been arond linux in years … :-/ Anyone want to help me? /jansenh ---
**Author:** ![jansenh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jansenh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jansenh)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ubuntu-and-log4r/69404/2 "2006-09-20T22:15:57Z")
jansenh wrote: > When I search for the Log4r files, I find them in > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/log4r-1.0.5/ Ubuntu shares with Mandriva an idiotic “–prefix bug”. Not sure if the bug’s on the Ruby side or the Linux side. Heres’ the workaround: $ ll /usr/local/lib/ruby lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 13 20:13 /usr/local/lib/ruby -\> /usr/lib/ruby/ I just used ln -s to link the one folder to the other. BTW Ubuntu had so many other Ruby problems I switched to Mandriva. For, uh, less of them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jansenh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jansenh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jansenh)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ubuntu-and-log4r/69404/3 "2006-09-21T01:56:17Z")
Phlip wrote: > /usr/lib/ruby/ > > I just used ln -s to link the one folder to the other. > > BTW Ubuntu had so many other Ruby problems I switched to Mandriva. For, uh, > less of them. 😉 configure and build and install ruby with --prefix=/usr then rm /usr/bin/ruby then ln -s /usr/bin/ruby-1.8 /usr/bin/ruby then install gems then use gems to install whatever gems you need. ---
**Author:** ![jansenh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jansenh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jansenh)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ubuntu-and-log4r/69404/4 "2006-09-21T05:40:34Z")
Reid T. wrote: > configure and build and install ruby with --prefix=/usr Are you implying one passes the --prefix argument to all three of the configure, make, and make install commands?