I switched from rvm to rbenv with the ruby-build plugin about 4 years ago and have never looked back. I recommend checking everything out via github rather than installing the homebrew packages.
Like Brad, I assume you are running on linux or a mac... Kevin On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 9:09 AM, bradleyland <[email protected]> wrote: > First, what OS are you running? If you're on OS X, the advice that follows > applies. If not, you'll need to ignore the part about homebrew (an OS X > software manager). > > rbenv is mature, but not terribly active these days. RVM is still pretty > active. > > chruby is great, but you have to roll your own dependencies. If you run > RVM along with homebrew, RVM will attempt to install and update > dependencies for you. Depending upon your level of sysadmin proficiency, > you may think that's great, or it may want to make you throw RVM off a > cliff. IMO, RVM is one of the better documented Ruby version managers, and > so I tend to recommend it. Chruby is also great, but it assumes you want > more control of your system. > > The choice is up to you :) > > On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 8:42:05 AM UTC-5, Peter Fitzgibbons > wrote: >> >> You'll find easier use and great documentation with RVM http://rvm.io. >> There is also rbenv https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv. >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:34 PM Aileen Cacayorin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi there! >>> >>> Does anyone use chruby as their version manager? I got a new computer >>> and I'm trying to set up my ruby/rails environment properly. I'm taking on >>> some projects that are using different versions of ruby and RoR and I'm not >>> exactly clear on the proper way to switch between them project to project. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> SD Ruby mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "SD Ruby" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Peter Fitzgibbons >> (224) 307-9689 >> > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SD Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
