From: Kiswono Prayogo <kiswono@...>
Date: 2013-02-25T17:35:51+09:00
Subject: Re: How to upgrade ruby to the latest version in ubuntu ?

umm.. i'm using that PPA, and my ruby version is:

$ ruby --version
ruby 1.9.3p327 (2012-11-10) [i686-linux] Brightbox

$ dpkg --list | grep ruby1.9
ii  libruby1.9.1 
1:1.9.3.327-1bbox2~quantal1 
     i386         Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.9.1
ii  ruby1.9.1 
1:1.9.3.327-1bbox2~quantal1 
     i386         Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby
ii  ruby1.9.1-dev 
1:1.9.3.327-1bbox2~quantal1 
     i386         Header files for compiling extension modules for the 
Ruby 1.9.1

maybe you should install brightbox's ruby1.9.1

sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1

$ apt-cache show ruby1.9.1 | grep Version
Version: 1:1.9.3.327-1bbox2~quantal1
Version: 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.3
Version: 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1

On 02/25/2013 03:30 PM, Love U Ruby wrote:
> Kiswono Prayogo wrote in post #1098865:
>> you can use brightbox's ppa
>> refer to this link: http://wiki.brightbox.co.uk/docs:ruby-ng
>> or:
>> http://blog.brightbox.co.uk/posts/next-generation-ruby-packages-for-ubuntu
>> or: http://docs.brightbox.com/ruby/ubuntu/
>>
>> no ruby 2.0 yet though..
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> I wanted to know why the version 'Ruby 1.9.3-p392' has not been updated
> while I used the below?
>
> sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.3
>
> the above installed the version : "ruby 1.9.3p194"
>