# This is a script to install both ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.1, with suffixed binaries and aliased non-suffixed binaries mkdir -p /usr/local/src ; cd /usr/local/src wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2 tar -xjvf ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.bz2 cd ruby-1.9.1-p0 ./configure --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=19 --enable-shared make && make install cd /usr/local/src wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz tar -xjvf ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz cd ruby-1.8.7-p72 ./configure --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=18 --enable-shared make && make install cd /usr/local/bin binaries=( erb gem irb rake rdoc ri ruby testrb ) for binary in ${binaries[@]}; do echo mv ${binary}{,~} echo ln -s $(pwd)/${binary}19 $(pwd)/${binary} done