Generating RDoc fails with Directory .ext/rdoc already exists

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I'm just installing Ruby Enterprise and cannot change the output directory for this crashing command called by Ruby Enterprise installer.

So how do I delete the directory to satisfy this exception:

Generating RDoc documentation ./miniruby -I./lib -I.ext/common -I./- -r./ext/purelib.rb ./runruby.rb --extout=.ext -- "./bin/rdoc" --all --ri --op ".ext/rdoc" "."

Directory .ext/rdoc already exists, but it looks like it isn't an RDoc directory. Because RDoc doesn't want to risk destroying any of your existing files, you'll need to specify a different output directory name (using the --op option).

no one is here to help us, the same issue happens to me installing ruby 1.9.2 :-) — Jahan Zinedine, Apr 07 '11 at 13:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 16:03

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You can most likely remove /opt/ruby-enterprise-edition-#{your_version}/.ext/rdoc and try again.

(Just guessing - I got this by reading ruby-enterprise-edition-1.8.7-2011.03.tar.gz: installer.rb line 215, and source/configure line 10872.)

answered Apr 07 '11 at 16:03

Tim Snowhite

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Thanks for this--I just received this error with MRI 2.1.1p76, and simply deleting .ext/rdoc and running make again got me a Ruby and some docs. – TK-421 Mar 26 '14 at 21:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 05 '12 at 14:12

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Had the same issue, if you can live without the developer docs then this workaround might help: http://groups.google.com/group/emm-ruby/browse_thread/thread/84f727edc32ac20e?pli=1

Running the installer like this sudo ./installer --auto=/usr/local/ruby-enterprise --no-dev-docs

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Echilon

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answered Nov 30 '11 at 22:18

friddz

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Generating RDoc fails with Directory .ext/rdoc already exists

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