Install/Upgrade Ruby on CentOS 6.2

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#get root access
$su -
$ cd /tmp

#Remove old Ruby
$ yum remove ruby
 
# Install dependencies
$ yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
$ yum install zlib zlib-devel
$ yum install openssl-devel
$ wget http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/yaml-0.1.4.tar.gz
$ tar xzvf yaml-0.1.4.tar.gz
$ cd yaml-0.1.4
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
 
# Install ruby
$ wget http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.3-p194.tar.gz
$ tar zxf ruby-1.9.3-p194.tar.gz
$ cd ruby-1.9.3-p194
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
 
# Update rubygems
$ gem update --system
$ gem install bundler
 
#Test ruby and rubygems are working
#Close shell and reopen for changes to take effect
$ruby -v
$gem --version
 
# Rails
$ yum install sqlite-devel
$ gem install rails
$ gem install sqlite3

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Thanks for this. I also had to grab EPEL before making libyaml, and libffi before making ruby

Thanks! You're making things easy for non-Rails guys like me

Thanks! pretty straight steps. After installation, I was easily able to install knife-spork and knife-block plugins.

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