From: Per-erik Martin Date: 2013-06-11T20:02:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Getting Started With Development Ruby is often installed on linux, or can be easily installed with the package manager. Personally, I prefer to build and install from the source, like this: # tar xzf /opt/src/ruby-2.0.0-p195.tar.gz # cd ruby-2.0.0-p195 # ./configure # make # sudo make install # irb irb(main):001:0> RUBY_VERSION => "2.0.0" irb(main):002:0> exit # -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.