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@@ -46,11 +46,14 @@ in the mail body (not subject) to the address <ruby-talk-ctl@netlab.co.jp>.
This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
- 1. Run ./configure, which will generate config.h and Makefile.
+ 1. If ./configure does not exist or is older than configure.in,
+ run autoconf to (re)generate configure.
- 2. Edit defines.h if you need. Probably this step will not need.
+ 2. Run ./configure, which will generate config.h and Makefile.
- 3. Remove comment mark(#) before the module names from ext/Setup (or
+ 3. Edit defines.h if you need. Probably this step will not need.
+
+ 4. Remove comment mark(#) before the module names from ext/Setup (or
add module names if not present), if you want to link modules
statically.
@@ -59,13 +62,13 @@ This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
remove comment mark from the line "#option nodynamic" in
ext/Setup.
- 4. Run make.
+ 5. Run make.
- 5. Optionally, run 'make test' to check whether the compiled Ruby
+ 6. Optionally, run 'make test' to check whether the compiled Ruby
interpreter works well. If you see the message "test succeeded",
your ruby works as it should (hopefully).
- 6. Run 'make install'
+ 7. Run 'make install'
You may have to be a super user to install ruby.