# Ruby Setup 5 (setup.rb)

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup-5-setup-rb/181550/1 "2010-01-13T17:25:29Z")

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Ruby Setup 5

- [http://proutils.github.com/setup](http://proutils.github.com/setup)
- [http://github.com/protuls/setup](http://github.com/protuls/setup)

I released version 5.0.0 of Ruby Setup last night (i.e. setup.rb).  
Ruby Setup is a fork (or perhaps a better term is torch) of Minero  
Aoki’s setup.rb 3.4.1. Version 5 is major re-implementation of the  
system as explicated in the release notes below.

Despite the numerous Cucumber tests I’ve implemented, being such a  
major overhaul I think it prudent to label this release “betaware”,  
until such time as enough feedback confirms otherwise. If you have any  
use for this application, please give it a try and let me know if you  
have any issues with it, so I can _ensure_ an absolutely solid release  
as soon as possible.

There are two ways to use Ruby Setup. You can install ‘gem install  
setup’ and use ‘setup.rb’ as a standard executable. Or you download  
the bundled ‘setup’ script and include it your project --either as  
‘script/setup’ or renamed as ‘setup.rb’, just like old times 😉

Release Notes:

Version 5 represents a major milestone in Setup.rb’s development.  
While the 4.x series focused on improving on aspects of the orginal  
3.4.1 code base by Minero A., this version takes the next step and  
reworks the entire script into an truly object-oriented design. In so  
doing, the system no longer traverses project directories one-by-one  
installing or compiling files as they are come across, but instead  
collects a list of files to handle up front, then iterates through  
them performing the required action.

Changes:

- 5 Major Changes

- 3 Minor Changes