Hi, I used the install script first, but I got buildr: command not found Then I installed gems from the Ubuntu repo and installed buildr manually with the instructions on the site, but still buildr: command not found So I just added that tiny shell script and things started working :) Marc-André LAVERDIÈRE "Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." -James 1:4 http://asimplediscipleslife.blogspot.com/ mlaverd.theunixplace.com 2011/1/14 Alex Boisvert : > Are you on Ubuntu?  Did you try the instructions on the install page?  If > so, what part of it didn't work? > > http://buildr.apache.org/installing.html#linux > > Your instructions are practically equivalent, except that we recommend > installing RubyGems from source instead of using the Ubuntu package. > > alex > > > 2011/1/13 Marc-André Laverdière > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I had to struggle a bit to put Buildr on my machine, so I thought I >> should share how I did it. >> >> 1. Do the following commands (make sure JAVA_HOME is set first) >> sudo apt-get install ruby-full ruby1.8-dev rake libopenssl-ruby >> build-essential rubygems1.8 >> >> sudo env JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME gem install buildr >> >> 2. >> It is possible that the executable buildr doesn't exist. So you can add >> the following file as /usr/bin/buildr: >> >> #! /bin/bash >> /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.4/_buildr $@ >> >> 3. Make sure buildr is runnable if you did #2 >> sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/buildr >> >> Can the install page be updated accordingly? >> >> Regards, >> >> Marc-André LAVERDIÈRE >> "Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and >> complete, not lacking anything." -James 1:4 >> http://asimplediscipleslife.blogspot.com/ >> mlaverd.theunixplace.com >> >