Ruby1.9

[Angelus23]

how to install this?
I tried searching for it but all I get is 1.8.

why do you need 1.9?

[Angelus23]

Originally Posted by Demz

why do you need 1.9?

I bought the book: Programming Ruby1.9 by Dave Thomas

---------- Post added at 09:37 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 PM CST ----------

btw. I know you can do this by compiling ect...
but I wonder if there's a fedora repo somewhere.

going by this https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Ruby_1.9.1 it didnt make it into F12, maybe 13

[wengfedora]

i've found a way to build current rpms for fedora-12.

Here a short howto:

0. First install a source rpm (ftp://sftp.mudynamics.com/pub/ruby1....p129-3.src.rpm) from labs.mudynamics.com, where Aaron made a nice rpm-spec file, that is the basis.

1. Download the actual source from the ruby developement page

wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9....1-p376.tar.gz

2. You need the rpmbuild-tools:

yum install rpm-build

3. If you have just yum by the hand, install tcl/tk-devel, if happened not jet:

yum install tcl-devel tk-devel

4. now unpack the ruby source files:

tar -xzf ruby-1.9.1-p376.tar.gz

5. Because of Fedora-12 you need a patch for openssl. RedHat went to Version 1.0.0 beta. I've got the Patch from :

http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2022

The Patch can't used directly. The following changes are necessary:

Here is the diff to show the changes i've made:

diff ruby-openssl-1.0.patch my-ruby-openssl-1.0.patch

1,3c1,3
< diff -up ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl.c.ossl10 ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl.c
< --- ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl.c.ossl10 2007-02-13 00:01:19.000000000 +0100
< +++ ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl.c 2009-08-26 12:29:41.000000000 +0200
---
> diff -up ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl.c.ossl10 ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl.c
> --- ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl.c.ossl10 2007-02-13 00:01:19.000000000 +0100
> +++ ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl.c 2009-08-26 12:29:41.000000000 +0200
31,33c31,33
< diff -up ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl_pkcs7.c.ossl10 ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl_pkcs7.c
< --- ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl_pkcs7.c.ossl10 2007-02-13 00:01:19.000000000 +0100
< +++ ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl_pkcs7.c 2009-08-26 12:53:05.000000000 +0200
---
> diff -up ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl_pkcs7.c.ossl10 ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl_pkcs7.c
> --- ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl_pkcs7.c.ossl10 2007-02-13 00:01:19.000000000 +0100
> +++ ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl_pkcs7.c 2009-08-26 12:53:05.000000000 +0200
127,129c127,129
< diff -up ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c.ossl10 ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
< --- ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c.ossl10 2007-03-12 05:12:32.000000000 +0100
< +++ ruby-1.8.6.369/ruby-1.8.6-p369/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c 2009-08-26 12:08:48.000000000 +0200
---
> diff -up ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c.ossl10 ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
> --- ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c.ossl10 2007-03-12 05:12:32.000000000 +0100
> +++ ruby-1.9.1-p376/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c 2009-08-26 12:08:48.000000000 +0200

Now you apply the patch:

you have to stay in the same directory where the unpacked ruby sources are:

patch -p0 < my-ruby-openssl-1.0.patch

6. Pack the sources again:

tar -czf ruby-1.9.1-p376.tar.gz ruby-1.9.1-p376/

7. Place the ruby-1.9.1-p376.tar.gz to the directory rpmbuild it wants to expect:

mv ruby-1.9.1-p376.tar.gz /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/

8. Now it's time to customize your SPEC-file ruby-1.9.1.spec:

cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/

Here the difference:

# diff ruby-1.9.1.spec my-ruby-1.9.1.spec

26,28c26,28
< %define V_dist 1.9.1-p129
< %define V_subdir 1.9.1-p129
< %define V_opkg 1.9.1p129
---
> %define V_dist 1.9.1-p376
> %define V_subdir 1.9.1-p376
> %define V_opkg 1.9.1p376
32c32
< %define _patchlevel 129
---
> %define _patchlevel 376

< %{_libdir}/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/json
< %{_libdir}/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/json/pure
---
> %{_libdir}/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/json/*.rb
> #%{_libdir}/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/json/pure
228c228
< %{_libdir}/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/rubygems
---
> %{_libdir}/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/rubygems/*.rb
264,265c264,265
< %{_prefix}/lib/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/%{_normalized_cpu}-%{_target_os}
< %{_prefix}/lib/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/%{_normalized_cpu}-%{_target_os}/enc
---
> #%{_prefix}/lib/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/%{_normalized_cpu}-%{_target_os}
> %{_prefix}/lib/ruby%{rubyxver}/%{rubyver}/%{_normalized_cpu}-%{_target_os}/enc/*.so
341c341
< %{_datadir}/ri
---
> %{_datadir}/ri1.9

9. We are ready to build the rpms:

rpmbuild -bb ./my-ruby-1.9.1.spec

10.The RPM files you can find in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686.

Install using:

rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686/*.rpm

You can install the ruby1.9 rpm files parallel to ruby1.8.x. To call the ruby1.9 executables you have to append 1.9, for instance /usr/bin/ruby1.9.