Rbenv

Install the rbenv and ruby-build packages on Ubuntu.

Installing Ruby Versions

This depends on having the ruby-build package.

# list all available versions:
$ rbenv install -l

# install a Ruby version:
$ rbenv install 2.0.0-p247

Downloads source, compiles, and stores the result in ~/.rbenv/versions/

$ rbenv local 1.9.3-p327

Creates a .ruby-version file in the current directory.

$ rbenv versions
  1.8.7-p352
  1.9.2-p290
* 1.9.3-p327 (set by /Users/sam/.rbenv/version)
  jruby-1.7.1
  rbx-1.2.4
  ree-1.8.7-2011.03

$ rbenv version
1.8.7-p352 (set by /Volumes/37signals/basecamp/.ruby-version)

$ rbenv which irb
/Users/sam/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p327/bin/irb