Tag Archives: Ruby
Compiling Ruby with RVM on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion under XCode 4.2.1
The Problem So Apple, in all their wisdom, has shipped XCode 4.2.x with an LLVM version of GCC. Long story short this means you can’t compile ruby, via RVM or otherwise. The Solution There are two basic solutions: Use the … Continue reading
Rails with RVM Quickstart Howto
What Is RVM? RVM is the Ruby Version Manager and it lets you install many different versions of Ruby all at the same time, and select which one you want to use. It also lets you install different ruby gems … Continue reading
Python vs Ruby vs PHP: Fun with Functional Programming
I recently had a brief need to generate a simple CSV type separated list of sequential integers. I debated doing this manually in my editor as the number wasn’t very large, but I decided that this would be a good … Continue reading
Ubuntu 10.10 Server In A Box – One Click Quick Install
For The Impatient Just run this command, however, I would highly recommend you read this full blog post before you do so. bash < <( curl https://github.com/rocksolidwebdesign/Ubuntu-Server-In-A-Box/raw/master/download-install ) && cd Ubuntu-Server-In-A-Box/maverick_cloud && fab setup Remember from like 3rd grade when … Continue reading
Getting common dev headers needed for compiling python packages and ruby gems
If you want to use python with web projects like Django then there are some common extras you’ll want like MySQL and PostgreSQL database support and image processing from the Python Image Library or PIL. You may commonly want XML, … Continue reading
