Command to update defintions

[rbenv]

Command to update defintions

[sstephenson]

Another option is to install ruby-build as an rbenv plugin by cloning it into ~/.rbenv/plugins:

$ mkdir -p ~/.rbenv/plugins
$ cd ~/.rbenv/plugins
$ git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git

Then simply git pull in the ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build directory when you want to update the definitions.

[josh]

I'd recommend using homebrew for automated updates.

brew install ruby-build

[citizen428]

@josh: What do you recommend to Linux users?

[sometimesfood]

@citizen428: If you are using a Debian based distro, you could try the ruby-build packages in my rbenv launchpad repository. The packages are tested on Ubuntu 10.04-11.10 and Debian Squeeze.

[citizen428]

@sometimesfood: Excellent, thanks! I still see my response as kind of a +1 on adding an update command to ruby-build.

[citizen428]

@sstephenson: Perfect, that works for me.

[trans]

Still would rather have an easy command line call.

[citizen428]

@trans: Sure, but for the time being rbenv-update='(cd ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build && git pull)' is good enough for me.

I can pledge $40 toward a ruby-build update definitions feature. Thanks for considering it, and for building ruby-build. -Joel

[fesplugas]

I wrote this https://github.com/fesplugas/rbenv-installer which has a command to update rbenv and it's friends ...

[rodrigoalvesvieira]

Sometimes I just touch a file named the version and patchlevel of the Ruby I want to get installed in ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/share/ruby-build/ and copy the contents of the original file (on GitHub) into it. Brew doesn't get it, when running upgrade, or install. ::broken_heart::

[dugjason]

If you installed ruby-build with Homebrew, just running brew upgrade will do the trick.

[muescha]

It would nice to have an information about the upgrade in the readme ...

[sferik]

@muescha Feel free to submit a pull request to update the README or add a Wiki.