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Mugen
Mugen

Reputation: 1579

How to install a newer version of Ruby than what is present in the package manager?

I'm using "yum" which has a very old version of Ruby. I'm on linux OS and quite new to it. How can I install a specific version of Ruby that isn't present in the package installer?

Note: I don't have the other package managers (rbenv / rmv etc).

Note2: I am connected to this Linux machine via putty. So I only have command-line access.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 336

Answers (1)

Rots
Rots

Reputation: 5586

Without package managers and using yum, your last option is to build from source.

Building from Source
Of course, you can install Ruby from source. Download and unpack a tarball (EG: Ruby 3.0.2), then just do this:

$ ./configure $ make $ sudo make install By default, this will install Ruby into /usr/local. To change, pass the --prefix=DIR option to the ./configure script.

REF: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/#building-from-source

Upvotes: 1

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