Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:06:08 -0400 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ri doesn't seem to work Message-ID: <d7195cff0706130006u62b3bf46if83092574cfaed48@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0706122347g1b7d43d6k23fde1ba4015f60@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070612231052.GB18576@demeter.hydra> <d7195cff0706122347g1b7d43d6k23fde1ba4015f60@mail.gmail.com>
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On 13/06/07, illoai@gmail.com <illoai@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/06/07, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > > No matter what I try to look up with ri (the Ruby information utility > > that is used to look up stuff about classes, methods, et cetera, from the > > command line), it returns the same result: > > > > > ri Time.strftime > > Nothing known about Time.strftime > > > > I don't see anything in /usr/ports/lang that seems to relate to the > > matter of ensuring ri has a database of information to share. What am I > > missing? How can I get ri working properly on FreeBSD? > > On a hunch I typed "ri -h" . . . > and another hunch made me type "ri -c" . . . > > . . . > Well, crap. rdoc wants something I can't think > to give it. > Hopefully this will start making sense. > Hello, self. Also, hello, Chad! % tar jxvf /ports/distfiles/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2 % sudo rdoc --ri -R -U ruby-1.8.6/ seems to be producing output. -- --
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