[BioRuby] Installing Ruby 1.9 on CentOS 5.4

[Francesco Strozzi]

Try to install libyaml from source, here it seems they have faced the same
problem:
http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2011/10/31/install-ruby-193-with-libyaml-on-centos/

Cheers,
Francesco

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 16:54, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Francesco Strozzi
> <francesco.strozzi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> > first of all huge thanks for the work you guys are doing with the
> automated
> > test!
> > I strongly suggested you to use RVM http://beginrescueend.com/ to
> compile
> > and install many different versions of Ruby in the home directory or even
> > system wide. Also RVM takes care of Ruby compiling from source and if you
> > have the required libraries it should link them automatically during the
> > installation process.
> > Cheers,
> > Francesco
>
> Hi Francesco,
>
> There is surely value in having a mixture of setups for the buildslaves?
> So certainly some should use RVM, but it seems wise to have others
> using a more old fashioned installation? Just my perspective from the
> outside.
>
> For this particular machine, I wasn't planning multiple installations of
> ruby, just Ruby 1.9.x only. I'll leave setting up and looking after a
> multi-target BioRuby buildslave to you guys ;)
>
> The Ruby website seemed to suggest going with the source code
> installation for me:
>
> "Installing from the source code is a great solution for when you are
>  comfortable enough with your platform and perhaps need specific
>  settings for your environment. It’s also a good solution in the event
>  that there are no other premade packages for your platform."
>
> Well there are Ruby 1.8 packages for CentOS 5.4 but that's too old.
>
> Any ideas on the libyaml problem?
>
> Peter
>



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Francesco