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postmodern / ruby-install

ruby-install

Installs Ruby, JRuby, TruffleRuby, or mruby

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Installs Ruby, JRuby, TruffleRuby, or mruby

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2015	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2
2016	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2017	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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burntrelish1273·Jul 3, 2017

I use ruby-install and chruby. No runtime hacks or patching of cd. rvm and rbenv failed numerous times, ruby-install and chruby use env var manipulation only to accomplish ruby switching. (No gem sets but they don't really solve anything anyhow.) https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install https://github.com/postmodern/chruby

In Install Ruby on Linux without rbenv or alternative version managers

spoiler·Jan 7, 2016

This would be problematic for any programming language, though. However, if you do want an elegant solution for your problem, may I recommend ruby-install[1] and the companion for easily changing between versions, chruby[2]. Alternatively, you could try RVM[3]. There are a couple more versions (one is even specifically designed for Windows), but I found ruby-install and chruby to be the most convenient ones for both personal and professional use. [1] https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install [2] https://github.com/postmodern/chruby [3] https://rvm.io/

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jph·Dec 25, 2015

Also try the postmodern tools: ruby-install & chruby, which work perfectly in my experience: https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install https://github.com/postmodern/chruby

In Rbenv 1.0.0

transfire·Aug 31, 2015

Some of these issues can be resolved using Ruby Install https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install

In Ruby on Guix

fbernier·Dec 12, 2014

Using https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install it's pretty easy: ruby-install ruby 2.1.5 -- CC=clang and if you want to include all the patches listed here: https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/blob/master/patchsets/ru... ruby-install ruby 2.1.5 -p https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets/master/patches/ruby/2.1.5/ra… -p https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets/master/patches/ruby/2.1.5/ra… -p https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets/master/patches/ruby/2.1.5/ra… -p https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets/master/patches/ruby/2.1.5/ra… -p https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets/master/patches

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/ruby/2.1.5/railsexpress/05-funny-falcon-stc-density.patch -p https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets/master/patches/ruby/2.1.5/ra… -p https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets/master/patches/ruby/2.1.5/ra… -p https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets/master/patches/ruby/2.1.5/ra… -- CC=clang and you can use it with https://github.com/postmodern/chruby if you need to to switch between versions. As for GC, I am not sure it makes much of a difference as it used to back in the days. Probably even less when 2.2 ships with incremental garbage collection. It always depends on the type of work your app does also.

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hackerboos·Nov 20, 2014

I disagree with running RVM in a docker container. The point of RVM is to manage multiple versions of ruby and a container is only meant to have a single responsibility so running multiple versions of ruby is not advised. I think you're better off installing the required version with Ruby Install [1] rather than adding the complexity of a version manager. [1] - https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install#readme

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