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<title>Ruby-&ruby-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Ruby</application></title>

<para>The <application>Ruby</application> package contains the
<application>Ruby</application> development environment. This
is useful for object-oriented scripting.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ruby-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ruby-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>MD5 Sum: &ruby-md5;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &ruby-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &ruby-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &ruby-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Ruby</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="openssl"/>, 
<xref linkend="tk"/>, 
<xref linkend="db"/>, 
<xref linkend="gdbm"/></para>
</sect4>
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<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Ruby</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Ruby</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --enable-shared --enable-pthread &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This parameter builds the 
<filename class='libraryfile'>libruby</filename> shared library.</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-pthread</parameter>: This parameter links the 
threading library into the <application>Ruby</application> build.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Ruby</application> package contains
<command>ruby</command>,
<command>irb</command>,
<command>erb</command>,
<command>rdoc</command>,
<command>ri</command>, 
<command>testrb</command>, 
<filename class='libraryfile'>libruby</filename> libraries and
numerous scripts and modules.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>ruby</title>
<para><command>ruby</command> is an interpreted scripting language for quick
and easy object-oriented programming.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>irb</title>
<para><command>irb</command> is the interactive interface for ruby.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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