I'm clearly missing something... 'ruby' doesn't work but './ruby' does (centos 5.5, installed from source) -

trying rails server running nicely.

• downloaded ruby 1.8.7 using link rails page.
• did ./configure/make/install, installed fine.
• tried ruby -v , got nothing.
• tried ./ruby -v folder , worked.

i feel i've gone understanding unix, lost. ruby working 'daemon', not running should. appreciated. losing hair through process :(

j.

can see make install put ruby executeable?

if do, check if dir in $path by

echo $path