From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2011-05-07T02:22:01+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby 1.8.7 from source

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@bopp.net> wrote:
> On 5/6/2011 10:06, neubyr wrote:
>> I need to install ruby 1.8.7 on CentOS 5.5 x86_64 system. I am
>> planning to install it from source, but I am not sure whether this
>> will install rdoc, ri and ruby-devel as well. I couldn't figure it out
>> from 'configure --help' command. Appreciate any help regarding this
>> issue. Also, any other installation options or repository suggestions
>> are welcome.
>
> Use rvm:
>
> https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/

This looks interesting:
https://github.com/jordansissel/rvm-packaging