macOS Should I download a newer version of Ruby?

[dr0wzy]

I'm just using the standard version of ruby and I was wondering if anybody knows wether or not I'm going to be able to aptly-program in the bone stock version that comes with leopard.


P.S. I was at bestbut today and I oppened up terminal for the mac's they had their. And oppnened up the IRB. And then printed out Buy me!!! for some of the mac's. I lol'd

 

[Cromulent]

If you are still on Leopard you'll need to build from source but might as well get the latest version of Mac Ruby here:

http://www.macruby.org/

Edit: You should bear in mind that it is not 100% compatible with the main ruby language at the moment. But I'm sure it'll get there.

 

[dr0wzy]

umm how would I build from the source code?

 

[Cromulent]

umm how would I build from the source code?

It should be adequately documented.

But if you are a beginner you should probably just stick with the default installation for now and worry about upgrading stuff later.

 

[vocaro]

I'm just using the standard version of ruby and I was wondering if anybody knows wether or not I'm going to be able to aptly-program in the bone stock version that comes with leopard.

Why would you need to upgrade it? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[Kaliemon]

I use Ruby almost everyday, so I would say upgrade. Ruby 1.9.1 is what I have installed, and it is faster than the stock in leopard (1.8.7 I think ?).

1.9 Introduced some changes to the standard library that should be learned sooner rather than later.

If you upgrade, don't build it from source yourself. Use macports (http://www.macports.org/) and Porticus (http://porticus.alittledrop.com/).Using this combination makes it really easy to keep up-to-date.

Lastly, you might need to install Xcode and developer tools from Apple first; to get the necessary build tools.