[MacRuby-devel] Does MacRuby Play Well with RVM?

[Benjamin Nicholas]

the RVM irc channel is actually very helpful in general.  If you're running into issues with it, you might want to check in there.

Ben Nicholas

On May 20, 2011, at 4:58 PM, Shannon Love wrote:

> Chris Rhoden,
> 
> As I understand it:
> 
> (1) Apple does not recommend upgrading the system 1.8.7 ruby to 1.9.2 because some system scripts depend on the ruby installation. Most other resources recommend against doing that as well. So, if I want to use 1.9.2, I need to use RVM. 
> 
> (2) Since Cucumber doesn't work with Macruby at all right now and I've not been able to get rspec to work, if I want to learn either, I will need to be able to install non-macruby versions of both without interfering with my Macruby install ( incase I try again to get rspec to work with it.) 
> 
> So, I'll probably end up giving RVM a go again but I thought I would check and see if anyone knew of specific problems with RVM and Macruby that would make that a futile enterprise.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shannon
> 
> 
> On May 20, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Chris Rhoden wrote:
> 
>> RVM works just fine for macruby, but I would recommend against using it. It's not extremely useful as an alternative ruby implementation (think jRuby, Rubinius), which is where RVM shines. It's much better to use the `mac` prefix than to replace `ruby` with macruby in your shell. 
>> 
>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Matt Aimonetti <mattaimonetti at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The MacRuby team doesn't use RVM and therefore doesn't recommend users to use it. However, some users reported using RVM and being happy with it.
>> Was my reply useless? More than likely :p
>> 
>> -= Matt
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Shannon Love <techzen at me.com> wrote:
>> Last week I attempted to install RVM on my system so I could use various versions of Ruby including Macruby. I encountered problems including a reinstall of RVM that had incorrect permissions. However, it is quite possible that all the errors were the result of my naviety about the ruby environment so I'm willing to give it another go.
>> 
>> Has anyone else used RVM with Macruby and does it work well? Can I safely run multiple versions of Macruby? Will it alter or contaminate the regular installed version?
>> 
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Shannon
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