Ruby in Debian
This page documents how to install and use Ruby in Debian. For information about the development of Debian Ruby packages, please see Teams/Ruby.
this documentation is work in progress
Debian Wheezy
The following Ruby interpreters are available in Debian Wheezy:
Interpreter |
Package |
Notes |
MRI 1.8.7 |
ruby1.8 |
|
MRI 1.9.3 |
ruby1.9.3 |
|
JRuby X.Y.Z |
jruby |
|
Rubinius 2.0 |
rubinius |
Work in progress, not actually available yet |
It's possible to switch between different Ruby interpreters as the default ruby program. There are two ways of doing this:
system-wide, by using the update-ruby-alternatives tool. (Work in progress, not actually available yet)
per-user, by using the rbenv package.
Debian Squeeze
TODO