%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Ruby-&ruby-version; Ruby Introduction to <application>Ruby</application> The Ruby package contains the Ruby development environment. This is useful for object-oriented scripting. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &ruby-md5sum; Download size: &ruby-size; Estimated disk space required: &ruby-buildsize; Estimated build time: &ruby-time; <application>Ruby</application> dependencies Optional , , , Installation of <application>Ruby</application> Install Ruby by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-shared --enable-pthread && make && make install && make install-doc Command explanations --enable-shared: This parameter builds the libruby shared library. --enable-pthread: This parameter links the threading library into the Ruby build. Contents Installed Program Installed Library Installed Directories ruby, irb, erb, rdoc, ri and testrb libruby.so /usr/lib/ruby and /usr/share/ri Short Descriptions ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. ruby irb is the interactive interface for Ruby. irb erb is Tiny eRuby. It interprets a Ruby code embedded text file. erb ri displays documentation from a database on Ruby classes, modules and methods. ri libruby.so contains the API functions required by Ruby. libruby.so