Ruby: Developing in Ruby: local setup

This documentation is part of the Development platform guide. You can view the complete guide here: Set up your development environment for a smooth and efficient workflow.

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A local Ruby environment gives you full control, but requires a few extra steps. You will need to install Ruby, dependencies, and tools yourself.

Installing Ruby with asdf

asdf is a flexible version manager for multiple languages, including Ruby, Node.js, Python, and PHP. It makes it easy to manage projects with different versions and avoids conflicts between tools.

To get started, install asdf by following the official installation guide.

Once installed, you can check that asdf is working by running:

asdf version

If you see a version number, asdf is set up correctly.

To install the latest version of Ruby:

asdf plugin add ruby https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-ruby.git
asdf install ruby latest
asdf global ruby latest

Check that Ruby is working:

ruby --version

This confirms Ruby is ready to use.