ruby

A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write. See documentation

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/ruby as a dependency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/ruby)

Runtime dependency

pkg_deps=(core/ruby)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/ruby --binlink

will add the following binaries to the PATH:

• /bin/bundle
• /bin/erb
• /bin/gem
• /bin/irb
• /bin/rake
• /bin/rdoc
• /bin/ri
• /bin/ruby
• /bin/update_rubygems

For example:

$ hab pkg install core/ruby --binlink
» Installing core/ruby
☁ Determining latest version of core/ruby in the 'stable' channel
→ Found newer installed version (core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217) than remote version (core/ruby/2.5.7/20200404130135)
→ Using core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217
★ Install of core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 complete with 0 new packages installed.
» Binlinking irb from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked irb from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/irb
» Binlinking ruby from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked ruby from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/ruby
» Binlinking gem from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked gem from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/gem
» Binlinking update_rubygems from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked update_rubygems from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/update_rubygems
» Binlinking erb from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked erb from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/erb
» Binlinking rdoc from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked rdoc from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/rdoc
» Binlinking rake from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked rake from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/rake
» Binlinking bundle from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked bundle from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/bundle
» Binlinking ri from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 into /bin
★ Binlinked ri from core/ruby/2.5.8/20200928183217 to /bin/ri

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal. For example:

/bin/ruby --help or ruby --help

$ ruby --help
Usage: ruby [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
  -0[octal]       specify record separator (\0, if no argument)
  -a              autosplit mode with -n or -p (splits $_ into $F)
  -c              check syntax only
  -Cdirectory     cd to directory before executing your script
  -d, --debug     set debugging flags (set $DEBUG to true)
  -e 'command'    one line of script. Several -e's allowed. Omit [programfile]
  -Eex[:in], --encoding=ex[:in]
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