Ruby 2.2

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Dependencies: rbenv | OpenSSL
Version: 2.2.3

Get the Code

Switch to /usr/local/src and download the source package.

cd /usr/local/src
curl --remote-name http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.2/ruby-VERSION.tar.gz

Extract the archive and move into the folder.

tar -xzvf ruby-VERSION.tar.gz
cd ruby-VERSION

Compile and Install

Configure, compile and install into /usr/local/rbenv/versions/VERSION.

./configure \
  --prefix=/usr/local/rbenv/versions/VERSION \
  --with-opt-dir=/usr/local/openssl
make
make install

Set Version

Set the global ruby version to VERSION.

rbenv global VERSION

To see all installed versions, use rbenv versions.

Update rbenv

Rehash the rbenv shims.

rbenv rehash

Verify the Installation

Verify that you have successfully installed Ruby.

ruby --version