Installing Ruby 1.9.3 In Ubuntu 10.04

Prerequisites for installing Ruby 1.9.3 via RVM are that GIT and Curl is installed.

Installing RVM

1. Download and run RVM install script - sudo bash -s stable < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer )
2. Add all users who need to use Ruby to the RVM group
3. Logout and login
4. Update RVM so that the rvm command can be run - rvmsudo rvm get head
5. Reload the terminal (shell) - source ~/.profile
6. Test to see if RVM was installed and configured properly - type rvm | head -1

          Terminal should output the following, rvm is a function

Installing Ruby 1.9.3

1. Install Ruby 1.9.3 – rvm install 1.9.3
2. Set the default version of Ruby to use to 1.9.3 – rvm use 1.9.3
3. Test to see if the Ruby interpreter runs with the correct version – ruby -v

Installing OpenSSL And Readline Packages

1. Install libssl-dev Ubuntu package
2. Install OpenSSL RVM package - rvm pkg install openssl
3. Reinstall Ruby with OpenSSL support - rvm reinstall 1.9.3 --with-openssl-dir=$rvm_path/usr
4. Install libreadline6-dev Ubuntu package
5. Install Readline RVM package - rvm pkg install readline
6. Reinstall Ruby with Readline support - rvm reinstall 1.9.3 --with-readline-dir=$rvm_path/usr

Notes

Before starting on the installation of RVM you may need to change a setting in Gnome Terminal if it is used. In Gnome Terminal goto Edit → Profile Preferences. Within the shown dialog select Title and Command tab. Ensure that Run command as login shell is checked.