Is Ruby 1.9.3 supported on Mac OS? Or should I stick to 1.8.7? I am new to OS X and am setting up my Ruby development environment.
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
Is Ruby 1.9.3 supported on Mac OS? Or should I stick to 1.8.7? I am new to OS X and am setting up my Ruby development environment.
I upvoted as well. This is a good question.
I run Ruby 1.9.3 for almost all my development work. I’d highly recommend using it.
Ruby 1.8.7 is older, slower and is running out of time for support.
I’d also recommend doing all installation of Ruby on your machine using RVM (The Ruby Version Manager). Here’s the link to install it:
https://rvm.io//rvm/install/
Once you have RVM installed (the steps on its web page are good), then type the following to install Ruby 1.9.3:
This will bring the latest version of Ruby 1.9.3 down and install it on your machine for you.