Ruby Installation - Unix

Ruby Installation - Unix

The steps for installing Ruby on unix machines are listed below.

Note: Before you install, make sure that you have root permissions.

• Download the latest version of ruby compressed files. Click here to download .
• After downloading Ruby, unziw to the newly created directory:

• $ tar -xvzf ruby-2.2.3.tgz    
  $ cd ruby-2.2.3

  • Now, configure and compile the source code as follows:

  $ ./configure
  $ make
  $ sudo make install

  • Once installed, make sure everything works by entering the following commands on the command line:

  $ruby -v
  ruby 2.2.3……

• If all works, the installed version of the Ruby interpreter will be output, as shown above. If you have a different version installed, a different version is displayed.

• Install Ruby automatically

  If your computer is connected to the Internet, the easiest way to install Ruby is to use yum or apt-get. Enter the following command in the command prompt to install Ruby on your computer.

  $  sudo yum install ruby    # CentOS, Fedora, 或 RHEL 系统
  
  或
  
  sudo apt-get install ruby-full # Debian 或 Ubuntu 系统
  

  If you are an Apple system, you can install it using the brew command:

  $ brew install ruby