update ruby

[Colin Law]

On 24 January 2012 10:44, Thufir Hawat <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:10:49 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>
>
>> I have just realised that this post is on the Ubuntu list not the Ruby
>> on Rails list.  However whether you are using Rails or not, if you are
>> using gems then the argument for rvm still applies I believe.
>>
>> Colin
>
>
> no worries. I saw rvm but wasn't sure about using it, I like to keep
> within the package manager where possible.  In fact, one reason I
> switched from Fedora to Ubuntu was the way each (used to) handle the Sun
> JVM.  I suppose the ?jpackage? or whatever fedora used to have has its
> place.  Too bad.
>
> Thanks for the info :)

I think using ruby with gems is one of the very few instances where
using the repositories is not the best plan.

Colin