Library directory structure on windows

[Gavri Savio Fernandez]

hi everyone,
i'm trying to understand the significance of the subdirectories of lib, but i don't understand what each of them are for

lib/
ruby/
1.8/
site_ruby/
1.8/


the current problem is that i've downloaded 'iowa' and i don't understand where i should place it in this directory structure.

another query: none of the libraries with the standard distribution are in directories with names ending in version numbers. however, any library i download from the internet has a version number appended to the directory in which it is packaged. this probably sounds silly, but i want to know what the convention is. do i strip out the version number from the directory name before placing it under the ruby/lib directory?

thank you

Gavri Savio Fernandez
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[Gavin Sinclair]

hi everyone,

i'm trying to understand the significance of the subdirectories of
lib, but i don't understand what each of them are for

lib/
ruby/
1.8/

Ruby "standard libraries" go here. benchmark, cgi, test/unit, ...

site_ruby/

Some packages will install here but it's not recommended.

1.8/

Packages you download should install here.

the current problem is that i've downloaded 'iowa' and i don't
understand where i should place it in this directory structure.

It should come with an installer. See if there are installation
instructions in a README or INSTALL.

another query: none of the libraries with the standard distribution
are in directories with names ending in version numbers. however,
any library i download from the internet has a version number
appended to the directory in which it is packaged. this probably
sounds silly, but i want to know what the convention is. do i strip
out the version number from the directory name before placing it
under the ruby/lib directory?

As above, you don't place it in the lib area manually. Let the
installer do the work. It will decide where to put the files (almost
certainly under lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/iowa/).

The things you download should be versioned so you can have them
sitting side by side. The runtime files aren't versioned as you can
only have one version installed at a time.

thank you

No worries.

Cheers,
Gavin