Linux Downloads

If you use Linux on your laptop, and would prefer to install Ruby yourself instead of using the virtual machine, you can download a few things ahead of time.

Installing Dependencies

For APT-based distributions:

<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev
sudo apt-get install nodejs sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev wget
</pre>

For Yum-based distributions:

<pre>
sudo yum update
sudo yum install gcc automake zlib-devel libyaml-devel openssl-devel gdbm-devel readline-devel ncurses-devel libffi-devel
sudo yum install nodejs sqlite sqlite-devel wget
</pre>

For Arch-based distributions:

<pre>
sudo pacman -Sy
sudo pacman -S gcc make zlib ncurses openssl readline libyaml gdbm libffi
sudo pacman -S nodejs sqlite wget
</pre>

These may need to be adjusted for the particular release you are using. For other distributions, find the equivalent packages in your package management system.

Ruby Build Tools

You'll build Ruby with the same tools that we use to create the virtual machine. To get them from GitHub:

<pre>
git clone https://github.com/postmodern/chruby
git clone https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install
</pre>

Remember where you put these directories (in your home directory is fine).

You are now ready to build Ruby at the Installfest!