Install ruby-2.0.0-p195 on a Ubuntu 12.04 production server using checkinstall

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Installs ruby-2.0.0-p247 on ubuntu via checkinstall so it's in your package manager and you can remove it.

Quick install:

curl -Lo- https://gist.github.com/parasquid/5624732/raw/install-ruby-2-ubuntu.sh | bash

install-ruby-2-ubuntu.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

RUBY_V='ruby-2.0.0-p247'

sudo apt-get install checkinstall -y
sudo apt-get build-dep ruby1.9.1 -y

wget -c http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.0/$RUBY_V.tar.gz
tar xzf $RUBY_V.tar.gz
cd $RUBY_V

./configure --enable-load-relative
make

sudo checkinstall -y -D \
  --pkgversion 2.0.0-p247 \
  --provides "ruby-interpreter"

# install ruby gems
sudo apt-get install libyaml-ruby libzlib-ruby -y
wget -c http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-2.1.7.tgz
tar -xzf rubygems-2.1.7.tgz
cd rubygems-2.1.7

sudo ruby setup.rb

Worked like a boss, thanks!