Setup Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language

1. Setup ruby by rvm

   a. Install curl: yum install curl

   b. Add key: gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3

   c. Install rvm: \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

   d. Reload profile: source $HOME/.bash_profile

   e. Install ruby 1.8.7: rvm install 1.8.7

   f. Install ruby 1.9.3: rvm install 1.9.3

   g. Install ruby latest: rvm install ruby --latest

   h. Install ruby default: rvm use 1.8.7 --default

2. Setup ruby and gem by manual

   cd ~
   wget http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.3-p448.tar.gz
   tar xzvf ruby-1.9.3-p448.tar.gz
   cd ruby-1.9.3-p448
   # default path, ruby install to /usr/local
   ./configure
   # to change default path, specify with parameter --prefix
   # ./configure --prefix=/usr
   make && make install
   

3. Setup ruby by yum

   a. Install ruby: yum -y install ruby ruby-devel

   b. Install ruby gems: yum -y install rubygems

4. Setup ruby 1.9.3 on EC2 Instance by yum

   a. Install ruby: sudo yum -y install ruby19 ruby19-devel

   b. Install ruby gems: yum -y install rubygems

5. Upgrade gem to lastest version: gem update --system

6. Install aws-sdk for ruby

   a. Required package: yum -y install gcc libxml2 libxml2-devel libxslt libxslt-devel

   b. Additional required package for ruby 1.8.7: yum -y install rubygem-nokogiri

   c. Install aws-sdk: gem install aws-sdk

7. Install mysql gem for ruby: gem install ruby-mysql

8. Install rails: gem install rails

9. Install ruby in windows

   a. Download ruby

   b. Install development kit

   • Download development kit, please get kit compatibility with you ruby version
   • Extract file to directory <DEVKIT_INSTALL_DIR>, e.g. C:\DevKit
   • Run CMD
   • cd <DEVKIT_INSTALL_DIR>
   • ruby dk.rb init
   • Edit the generated config.yml file to include installed Rubies not automatically discovered or remove Rubies you do not want to use the DevKit with
   • ruby dk.rb install