Getting and Installing Ruby.

These are just brief instructions on getting and installing Ruby. If you have trouble, contact the Ruby mailing list and ask for help.

There are instructions for Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, UNIX, and Windows.

Linux

Most Linux distributions come with Ruby pre-installed. If you don't already have it, here is how to get it:

RPM install	Download an RPM from RPM Find and install with `# rpm -Uhv ruby-*.rpm`
Gentoo Linux	`# emerge ruby`
Debian Linux	`# apt-get install ruby`
Source	Go to the Source section.

Mac OS X comes with Ruby pre-installed. If you don't have it, you can get a binary from the Apple download site.

To install from source, go to the Source section.

Ruby is part of the FreeBSD ports collection. You can install it with:
# cd /usr/ports/lang/ruby # make && make install

As of this writing, the latest source was ruby-1.6.8.tar.gz. You can get a preview of the upcomming version 1.8.0 at ruby-1.8.0-preview1.tar.gz

To install, just do the usual:
# configure; make; make install

You can get the latest source at http://www.ruby-lang.org

As of this writing, the latest version available was 1.6.8. Just download Ruby168-8.exe and run the installer.