Installing Programs with install.rb / setup.rb

Overview

Type these lines on command line: ("#" line may require root privilege)


$ ruby install.rb config
$ ruby install.rb setup
# ruby install.rb install

There's no difference in a usage between install.rb and setup.rb.


$ ruby setup.rb config
$ ruby setup.rb setup
# ruby setup.rb install

Details

Usage of install.rb/setup.rb is:


ruby install.rb <global options>
ruby install.rb [<global options>] <task> [<task options>]

-q,--quiet

suppress message outputs

--verbose

output messages verbosely (default)

-h,--help

prints help and quit

-v,--version

prints version and quit

--copyright

prints copyright and quit

These are acceptable tasks:

config

saves configurations

show

prints current configurations

setup

compiles extentions

install

installs files

clean

cleans created files

Task Options for Config

--prefix=PATH

a prefix of the installing directory path

--std-ruby=PATH

the directory for standard ruby libraries

--site-ruby-common=PATH

the directory for version-independent non-standard ruby libraries

--site-ruby=PATH

the directory for non-standard ruby libraries

--bin-dir=PATH

the directory for commands

--rb-dir=PATH

the directory for ruby scripts

--so-dir=PATH

the directory for ruby extentions

--data-dir=PATH

the directory for shared data

--ruby-path=PATH

path to set to #! line

--ruby-prog=PATH

the ruby program using for installation

--make-prog=NAME

the make program to compile ruby extentions

--without-ext

forces to install.rb never to compile/install ruby extentions.

--rbconfig=PATH

your rbconfig.rb to load

You can view default values of these options by typing


$ ruby install.rb --help

In addition, setup.rb accepts these options:

--with=NAME,NAME,NAME...

package names which you want to install

--without=NAME,NAME,NAME...

package names which you do not want to install

[NOTE] You can pass options for extconf.rb like this:


ruby install.rb config -- --with-tklib=/usr/lib/libtk-ja.so.8.0

Task Options for Install

--no-harm: prints what to do and done nothing really.
--prefix=PATH: a prefix of the installing directory path. This option may help binary package maintainers. A default value is an empty string.