ubygems
December 9, 2006
Ruby on Rails
Ok, I heard the hype, time to try it out.
Already have Ruby installed from some previous fit of geekery.
Need to get RubyGems installed. Download the zip file. Extract. Move to ~/local. $ cd into directory. $ less README… ok, looks easy, go for it:
$ ruby setup.rb ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError)
Whoops. WTF? Now what?
The installation file setup.rb is a ruby script, a script in a language I know nothing about. The string “ubygems” doesn’t exist in setup.rb. Why do I have to go to google for this? How hard could this be?
Installing rubygems failed the 6 second rule. Darn. The time (30 minutes) I wanted to spend playing with Ruby on Rails will be absorbed in searching the web to figure out how to install it. Sure, google’s first hit on “ubygems” provides a possible solution, but if it’s that easy, why isn’t dealt with in the install script?
Incomplete types in C programming
December 3, 2006
Incomplete types in C programming is now hosted at tinobox.org
