Compile and install Ruby-1.8.6-p114 under Ubuntu8.04

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Environment: Ubuntu8.04

1. Install the build tool

Sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-$ (uname-r)

2. Install readline zlib libncurses5

Apt-get install zlib1g-dev

Apt-get install libreadline5 libreadline5-dev

Apt-get install libncurses5 libncurses5-dev

3. Install ruby

Download ruby source code:

Http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/

Wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6-p114.tar.gz

Tar xvfz ruby-1.8.6-p114.tar.gz

Cd ruby-1.8.6-p114

. /Configure -- prefix =/usr/local/ruby

Sudo make

Sudo make install

After installation, add/usr/local/ruby/bin to the path environment variable of the operating system.

Edit/etc/environment

Gedit/etc/environment

Add:

PATH = "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/

Bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/ruby/bin"

Run the following command to make the environment variable modification take effect:

Source/etc/environment

4. Install gem

Wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/29548/rubygems-1.0.1.tgz

Tar xzvf rubygems-1.0.1.tgz

Cd rubygems-1.0.1

Sudo ruby setup. rb

Verify that the gem is successfully installed and upgraded

Sudo gem update -- system

5. Install rails

Sudo gem install rails -- include-dependencies

After installing rails, verify whether the installation is successful. Run the following command:

Rails? V

Check the rails version.