ruby-install

Installs Ruby, JRuby, TruffleRuby, or mruby.

Requirements

• bash >= 3.x
• grep
• wget > 1.12 or curl
• md5sum or md5
• sha1sum or sha1
• sha256sum or sha256
• sha512sum or sha512
• tar
• bzip2
• xz
• patch (if --patch is specified)
• gcc >= 4.2 or clang

Integration

Using ruby-install with RVM:

$ ruby-install --rubies-dir ~/.rvm/rubies ruby-3.2.0-preview3

Using ruby-install with rbenv:

$ ruby-install --install-dir ~/.rbenv/versions/3.2.0-preview3 ruby-3.2.0-preview3

ruby-install can even be used with Chef.

Install

wget https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install/releases/download/v0.9.3/ruby-install-0.9.3.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ruby-install-0.9.3.tar.gz
cd ruby-install-0.9.3/
sudo make install

PGP

All releases are PGP signed for security. Instructions on how to import my PGP key can be found on my blog. To verify that a release was not tampered with:

wget https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install/releases/download/v0.9.3/ruby-install-0.9.3.tar.gz.asc
gpg --verify ruby-install-0.9.3.tar.gz.asc ruby-install-0.9.3.tar.gz

Homebrew

ruby-install can also be installed with homebrew:

brew install ruby-install

Or the absolute latest ruby-install can be installed from source:

brew install ruby-install --HEAD

Arch Linux

ruby-install is already included in the AUR:

yaourt -S ruby-install

Fedora Linux

ruby-install is available on Fedora Copr.

FreeBSD

ruby-install is included in the official FreeBSD ports collection:

cd /usr/ports/devel/ruby-install/ && make install clean

Known Issues

Please see the wiki.

Alternatives

• RVM
• ruby-build

Endorsements

I like the approach you’re taking. Curious to see how it plays out.

– Sam Stephenson of rbenv