ruby-1.6.8

Introduction to ruby

Download location (HTTP):       
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.6.8.tar.gz
Version used:                   1.6.8
Package size:                   1 MB
Estimated Disk space required:  9.2 MB
Estimated build time:           0.92 SBU

The ruby package contains the ruby development environment. This is useful for object-oriented scripting.

Installation of ruby

Install ruby by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install

Contents

The ruby package contains ruby and irb.

Description