Install Ruby #

How to install Ruby #

There a couple of ways to install Ruby in your computer:

• You can go to the official page and follow the given instructions for your operation system.
• You can use the Ruby Version Manager RVM.

Validate Ruby is installed #

Once you have Ruby installed you should be able to run the following command in the terminal:

ruby -v # => ruby 3.1.2p20 (2022-04-12 revision 4491bb740a) [x86_64-linux]

Also you should be able to open an interactive ruby shell using the following command in the terminal:

irb

In which you can run Ruby code like this one:

irb(main):001> 1 + 1 # => 2