ruby-build-github

Custom definitions to install custom rubies with ruby-build. Mostly GitHub Ruby distributions. For use with ruby-build and rbenv.

Installation

Dependencies

Build dependencies (through apt-get or brew):

• autoconf
• bison

Download the Plugin

Then install this repository into your rbenv's plugins directory.

$ git clone git://github.com/parkr/ruby-build-github.git "$(rbenv root)/plugins/ruby-build-github"

Installing a GitHub Ruby (via rbenv/ruby-build)

It's just like installing any other Ruby.

$ rbenv install <DEFINITION>

Unsure which are available? Get a list here:

$ rbenv install --list | grep github

rbenv install can also take a path, so you can also specify the full path to any of these build definitions.