[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Installing Ruby from source

[Angus Buchanan < >]

I've gone from rvm to rbenv to chruby.  A chruby cookbook was recently released, which I am now using:

http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/chruby

It uses ruby-build (which just builds Ruby) and then chruby to manage versions

-aob

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Jeffrey Jones < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Thanks for that, I must have gotten that cookbook mixed up with another one.

I shall look into it further.

On 20/05/13 17:52, Prajwal Manjunath wrote:

No, ruby-build CAN be built as a rbenv plugin, but the cookbook doesn't do that, rather it works as a standalone. It essentialy compiles a fresh copy of ruby in a directory of your choosing and leaves it at that. I then link them to /usr/bin/(ruby|gem) and I'm done. Everything in my machine now sees a single version of ruby. We make it a point to not have any sort of ruby versioning in production either.

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Morgan Blackthorne < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Could you elaborate a bit more on the why behind this statement, which might help folks understand your goals a bit better?

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On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Jeffrey Jones < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Ruby build uses rbenv from what I can see which is a no-no I am afraid.

On 20/05/13 17:45, Prajwal Manjunath wrote:

There's the ruby-build cookbook. I've been using it on Ubuntu and CentOS without issues.

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Jeffrey Jones < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Hello all.

I have decided that one of chef's greatest strengths; and biggest weaknesses is the community cookbooks (but that is a post for another time).

Is there any "canonical" cookbook that will install ruby (version of our choosing) from source (Including the build-essential'ish packages)? I have found half a dozen ruby cookbooks but none of them offer the source option (I did actually find one but it is 2 years old, barely documented and released under the WTFPL)

I am pretty surprised that I could not find one "opscode" blessed "Install ruby from source" cookbook, seems like a pretty basic building block.

On a slight return to my first line, the community cookbook page really REALLY needs some sorting and filtering features.

Cheers

Jeff