# Installing Ruby on Red Hat Enterprise Edition on a Terminal **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 25, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-red-hat-enterprise-edition-on-a-terminal/127168 "2008-01-25T18:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StecklyS_Ron)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-red-hat-enterprise-edition-on-a-terminal/127168/1 "2008-01-25T18:23:10Z")
Hi all, I just got a new VPS running Red Hat Enterprise Edition. Sort of regret it now, as I’ve always run things on Debian where I just use the sudo apt-get install command to get ruby and ruby gems on there. Do any of you know of resources to get Ruby on Red Hat? I googled, but nothing came up. Is it just me or shouldn’t this be obvious? Ron ---
**Author:** ![StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StecklyS_Ron)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-red-hat-enterprise-edition-on-a-terminal/127168/2 "2008-01-25T18:51:18Z")
On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 02:22 +0900, Steckly, Ron wrote: > Ron RHEL 4: > **[Product Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9)** > > Access Red Hat’s knowledge, guidance, and support through your subscription. RHEL 5: > **[Product Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9)** > > Access Red Hat’s knowledge, guidance, and support through your subscription. HTH, Felix ---
**Author:** ![StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StecklyS_Ron)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-red-hat-enterprise-edition-on-a-terminal/127168/3 "2008-01-25T22:56:30Z")
On Jan 25, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Steckly, Ron wrote: > Hi all, > > I just got a new VPS running Red Hat Enterprise Edition. Sort of > regret > it now, as I’ve always run things on Debian where I just use the sudo > apt-get install command to get ruby and ruby gems on there. Do any of > you know of resources to get Ruby on Red Hat? I googled, but nothing > came up. Is it just me or shouldn’t this be obvious? I’m running the same setup and I ftp downloaded it from the 1.8.6p111 sources, built it and it installed without a hitch. I then rebuilt rubygems and life has been wonderful ever since 🙂 It’s hard to learn from “works for me” stories, but the build process is quite straightforward. ---
**Author:** ![StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StecklyS_Ron)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 9:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-red-hat-enterprise-edition-on-a-terminal/127168/4 "2008-01-27T09:42:22Z")
On Jan 25, 2008 10:22 AM, Steckly, Ron [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > you know of resources to get Ruby on Red Hat? If you are looking for a precompiled Ruby RPM that was tested on RHEL (by the way, which version?), one place you can get it is the RPM repo of RubyWorks Production Stack: [http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/redhat/](http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/redhat/) It has more than just Ruby, but Ruby RPM is there somewhere, too. ---
**Author:** ![StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StecklyS_Ron)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-red-hat-enterprise-edition-on-a-terminal/127168/5 "2008-01-28T14:10:41Z")
On Jan 25, 5:22 pm, “Steckly, Ron” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi all, > > I just got a new VPS running Red Hat Enterprise Edition. Sort of regret > it now, as I’ve always run things on Debian where I just use the sudo > apt-get install command to get ruby and ruby gems on there. Do any of > you know of resources to get Ruby on Red Hat? I googled, but nothing > came up. Is it just me or shouldn’t this be obvious? There are Ruby RPM’s for most versions of Redhat - someone pointed you a repository, so I won’t go there further. However, depending on what repositories have already been added to your VPS, try this first: up2date -i ruby If that doesn’t work (doesn’t find a package), try: yum install ruby Note that you can install and use apt-get on Redhat too if you like: [http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apt/](http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apt/) ---
**Author:** ![StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StecklyS_Ron)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-red-hat-enterprise-edition-on-a-terminal/127168/6 "2008-01-28T15:42:24Z")
On Jan 28, 2008 7:09 AM, Vidar H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > There are Ruby RPM’s for most versions of Redhat - someone pointed you > a repository, so I won’t go there further. Actually there really aren’t modern ruby rpms for most RedHat versions. Going back to RHEL 4 isn’t really “most” 😉 The shop I’m working at doesn’t like to upgrade old installs if they’re working well, so we’ve got several RHEL 2.1 boxes still. Anyway, if anyone needs a modern ruby rpm (1.8.6 stable snapshot) for rather older RHEL installs, like 2.1AS, I made one, and it’s doing pretty well on some production systems (running scripts and such, not ruby itself running the production software on these boxes). –Kyle