Building Ruby: Where is libruby1.8.so ?

[Br.Bill]

Ruby version: 1.8.6-p287

Architecture: RedHat enterprise 5.3

Linux den1 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I'm no expert on building in Linux, but I have finally managed to
build ruby after banging my head for a couple of days. I can install
it too. I've got it installing into a test area (not a sysadmin). I
can run lots of programs there, but not the ones I need to run, which
are incompatible with the existing 1.8.5 installation.

Unfortunately, although most everything else seems to work fine, I'm
missing libruby1.8.so. Also its lab-mates, libruby.so and libruby18.so.
1.8 .

libruby-static.a is here, drinking all the beer and looking smug.

I need to operate outside of rpms - I do not have the power to install
them anyway.

How do I get the freaking these freaking .so files?

Thanks for anything.

-Br.Bill

 

[The Higgs bozo]

Unfortunately, although most everything else seems to work fine, I'm
missing libruby1.8.so. Also its lab-mates, libruby.so and libruby18.so.
1.8 .

/configure --enable-shared