Yes, you do it pretty much like you do with other packages: pass a --prefix to configure:
./configure --prefix=/home/username
Then when you install rubygems and rails, everything will be placed under that location (in lib, bin, and so forth).
Yes, you do it pretty much like you do with other packages: pass a --prefix to configure:
./configure --prefix=/home/username
Then when you install rubygems and rails, everything will be placed under that location (in lib, bin, and so forth).
Not sure why readline didn't get installed. Anyway, ask on the Ruby list; it's a Ruby installation issue, not a Rails issue.