postmodern/ruby-install

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1973 stars · 258 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Bash-based command-line tool that downloads, builds, and installs Ruby implementations including CRuby, JRuby, TruffleRuby, and mruby. It handles dependency installation, checksum verification, mirrors, patches, and custom configure options across Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD.

Use cases

• install a specific ruby version from the command line
• install jruby or truffleruby on linux
• build ruby from source with custom configure flags
• install ruby into a custom directory for version management
• install ruby build dependencies automatically via the package manager
• verify ruby tarball checksums before installing
• install ruby with a patch applied

When to choose

• you want a lightweight shell script to install multiple Ruby implementations without a version manager
• you need custom build options, patches, or mirrors when installing Ruby
• you are setting up Ruby on Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD servers or workstations

When to avoid

• you only need to switch between already-installed Ruby versions (use a version manager like chruby or rbenv)
• you want to install nightly/trunk Ruby builds, which are unsupported
• you prefer prebuilt binary packages over compiling from source

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools package-manager build-tool developer-tools programming-languages bsd cli ruby-installer bash-script jruby truffleruby mruby version-management command-line linux macos

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