X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: ruby irb doesn't seem to work Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:05:03 +0100 Message-ID: <00f801c6bd57$864b8b20$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 11 August 2006 15:31, Will Parsons wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> On 11 August 2006 14:37, Will Parsons wrote: >> >>> Starting up irb (interactive Ruby), I get: >>> >>> $ irb >>> /usr/bin/ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError) >>> >>> Did I omit to install something I need here? >> >> >> Looks lke you omitted to install the leading letter 'R'. >> >> >> >> >> sorry, >> DaveK > > Now what package is that in? ;-) > > Seriously, I think I've found the problem - I had an environment variable > > RUBYOPT=-rubygems > > Unsetting the variable seems to fix the problem. Apparently, I'd installed > a non-Cygwin version of Ruby (which I didn't even remember doing), and this > interferes with the Cygwin version. LOL, this happens so often and with so many languages it deserves an acronym. TCOASSA! The missing R is still a clue though. ---------------------------------------------------< dk@rainbow /artimi/tools/linux> ruby --help Usage: ruby [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments] [ ... snip ... ] -rlibrary require the library, before executing your script ---------------------------------------------------< So, I dunno if "RUBYOPT=-rrubygems" would work better. Not without having rubygems installed, anyway, I don't suppose. Or perhaps it's one of those awful puns like "-liberty". Hmm. It suggests here: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2497&group_id=126&atid= 576 that it's actually the cygwin package that sets the RUBYOPT variable, even though it doesn't come with the rubygems library. If so, that would be a packaging issue. OTOH, a quick scan through the package listing for cygwin ruby doesn't show any postinstall script that could have done that, so I'm not so sure if the report is accurate: I think you've probably put your finger on it. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/