Ruby-install

Jul 20, 2023

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Installs Ruby, JRuby, Rubinius, TruffleRuby native / GraalVM, or mruby.

Features

  • Supports installing arbitrary versions.
  • Supports downloading the latest versions and checksums from ruby-versions.
  • Supports installing into /opt/rubies/ and ~/.rubies/ by default.
  • Supports installing into arbitrary directories.
  • Supports downloading from arbitrary URLs.
  • Supports downloading from mirrors.
  • Supports downloading/applying patches.
  • Supports specifying arbitrary ./configure options.
  • Supports downloading archives using wget or curl.
  • Supports verifying downloaded archives via checksums.
  • Has tests.

Anti-Features

  • Does not require updating every time a new Ruby version comes out.
  • Does not require recipes for each individual Ruby version or configuration.
  • Does not support installing trunk/HEAD or nightly rolling releases.
  • Does not support installing unsupported/unmaintained versions of Ruby.


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