%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 --enable-install-doc && make Now, as the root user: make install 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 Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ruby, irb, erb, rdoc, ri and testrb libruby.so and numerous modules located in the /usr/lib/ruby hierarchy. /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