to install this package from these sources rubygems or rpa is currently required. for rubygems install:

cd ruvi
gem build ruvi.gemspec

for rpa:

wget http://rpa-base.rubyforge.org/ports/ports.info -O ports.info
(in directory above ruvi)
rpa-buildport ruvi ports.info

known problems:

gnome-terminal interacts *horribly* with the curses frontend