rbenv-install-remote

rbenv-install-remote is a ruby-build and rbenv plugin that hooks into rbenv install command to download and install remote build definitions.

Installation

First make sure you have an updated ruby-build, as you'll need the support for hooks in place.

$ cd ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
$ git pull

Installing rbenv-install-remote as an rbenv plugin will allow you to use rbenv install with remote build definitions.

$ mkdir -p ~/.rbenv/plugins
$ cd ~/.rbenv/plugins
$ git clone git://github.com/fgrehm/rbenv-install-remote.git

Usage

As this plugin will only hook into ruby-build and download the custom definition before building, please refer to ruby-build to find out its supported parameters. With rbenv-install-remote you'll be able to:

$ rbenv install https://raw.github.com/gist/my-ruby-version

And if everything goes fine, this will provide a my-ruby-version for use with rbenv.

You can also specify a version name if the url isn't enough:

$ RUBY_NAME=my-ruby-version rbenv install https://raw.github.com/gist/some-crazy-url.sh

If you wanna know more about custom definitions, see the ruby-build built-in definitions as a starting point for definition files.

Known definitions

These 2 definitions will allow you to install REE on Ubuntu 12.04 with the patch that will enable tcmalloc support so that you won't have to use CONFIGURE_OPTS="--no-tcmalloc" when running rbenv install.

$ rbenv install https://gist.github.com/fgrehm/3345650/raw/22e1b76faf6ea63c8083deba224bae5fb168b020/ree-1.8.7-2011.03
$ rbenv install https://gist.github.com/fgrehm/3345650/raw/d0d30531ff380135d6a0154efb7f4f10cd2cc6ca/ree-1.8.7-2012.02

This one is a patched 1.9.3-p194 for 30% faster Rails boot. See https://gist.github.com/1688857 for more information.

$ RUBY_NAME=1.9.3-p194-patched rbenv install https://raw.github.com/gist/1688857/2-1.9.3-p194-patched.sh

There is also an updated version of the patch that applies to 1.9.3-p286 as well.

$ rbenv install https://raw.github.com/gist/7f4e8a98c16e9f67ecba/1.9.3-p194-falcon
$ rbenv install https://raw.github.com/gist/7f4e8a98c16e9f67ecba/1.9.3-p286-falcon

For 1.9.3-p327:

$ RUBY_NAME=1.9.3-p327-patched rbenv install https://raw.github.com/gist/1688857/2-1.9.3-p327-patched.sh

If you have a custom definition to share, please send me the link or a pull request adding it to the list above ;)

License

MIT License.

Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Fábio Rehm