[Uw-ruby] ri problems locating database

[Steve Dame]

Does anyone have a problem with ri on their mac?

Here's what I get with ri each for example.


% ri each
No ri documentation found in:

Was rdoc run to create documentation?


Installing Documentation
------------------------
'ri' uses a database of documentation built by the RDoc utility.

So, how do you install this documentation on your system? It depends on
how you installed Ruby.

_If you installed Ruby from source files_ (that is, if it some point you
typed 'make' during the process :), you can install the RDoc
documentation yourself. Just go back to the place where you have your
Ruby source and type

   make install-doc

You'll probably need to do this as a superuser, as the documentation is
installed in the Ruby target tree (normally somewhere under
+/usr/local+.

_If you installed Ruby from a binary distribution_ (perhaps using a
one-click installer, or using some other packaging system), then the
team that produced the package probably forgot to package the
documentation as well. Contact them, and see if they can add it to the
next release.


Since Ruby was already on my system, I never ran any of this stuff and 
am not exactly sure where the source is located.  Also, I don't have 
make on my machine yet... I don't think.

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Stephen Dame
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