Script to install Ruby 1.9.1 on Ubuntu (and make a proper package)

build_ruby19.sh

#!/bin/sh

TINY="1"
PATCH="378"

mkdir -p ~/src && cd ~/src
curl ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.${TINY}-p${PATCH}.tar.bz2 | tar jxv
cd ruby-1.9.${TINY}-p${PATCH}
./configure \
  --prefix=/usr \
  --program-suffix=1.9 \
  --enable-shared && \
make && \
sudo checkinstall \
  --pkgname ruby1.9 \
  --pkgversion 1.9.${TINY}-p${PATCH} \
  --provides ruby1.9 \
  --default \
  --fstrans=no