Ruby
Before starting: Make sure you have the necessary folders and permissions — get more information.
Links: Homepage | Downloads
Dependencies: OpenSSL
Version: 2.5.3
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/2.5/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/mac-dev-env/ruby-VERSION
.
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local/mac-dev-env/ruby-VERSION \
--with-opt-dir=/usr/local/openssl
make
make install
Create a symbolic link to /usr/local/ruby
.
sudo ln -s mac-dev-env/ruby-VERSION /usr/local/ruby
Shell
Execute the following lines to update your Bash startup script.
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/ruby/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export MANPATH=/usr/local/ruby/share/man:$MANPATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
Load the new shell configurations.
source ~/.bash_profile
Verify the Installation
Verify that you have successfully installed Ruby.
ruby --version