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Installing Ruby 1.9 on Ubuntu 11.10
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1 ruby1.9.1-dev \
rubygems1.9.1 irb1.9.1 ri1.9.1 rdoc1.9.1 \
build-essential libopenssl-ruby1.9.1 libssl-dev zlib1g-dev
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/ruby ruby /usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 400 \
--slave /usr/share/man/man1/ruby.1.gz ruby.1.gz \
/usr/share/man/man1/ruby1.9.1.1.gz \
--slave /usr/bin/ri ri /usr/bin/ri1.9.1 \
--slave /usr/bin/irb irb /usr/bin/irb1.9.1 \
--slave /usr/bin/rdoc rdoc /usr/bin/rdoc1.9.1
# choose your interpreter
# changes symlinks for /usr/bin/ruby , /usr/bin/gem
# /usr/bin/irb, /usr/bin/ri and man (1) ruby
sudo update-alternatives --config ruby
sudo update-alternatives --config gem
# now try
ruby --version
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