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-Ruby 2.5 is recommended; Ruby 2.3 is also known to work.
+Ruby 2.5 or newer is required.
* "Option 1: Install from packages":#packages
* "Option 2: Install with RVM":#rvm
h2(#packages). Option 1: Install from packages
+{% include 'notebox_begin' %}
+Future versions of Arvados may require a newer version of Ruby than is packaged with your OS. Using OS packages simplifies initial install, but may complicate upgrades that rely on a newer Ruby. If this is a concern, we recommend using "RVM":#rvm.
+{% include 'notebox_end' %}
+
h3. Centos 7
-The Ruby version shipped with Centos 7 is too old. Use "RVM.":#rvm
+The Ruby version shipped with Centos 7 is too old. Use "RVM":#rvm to install Ruby 2.5 or later.
h3. Debian and Ubuntu
+Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) ships with Ruby 2.3, which is not supported by Arvados. Use "RVM":#rvm to install Ruby 2.5 or later.
+
+Debian 10 (buster) and Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) and later ship with Ruby 2.5, which is supported by Arvados.
+
<notextile>
-<pre><code># <span class="userinput">apt-get --no-install-recommends install ruby-dev bundler</span></code></pre>
+<pre><code># <span class="userinput">apt-get --no-install-recommends install ruby ruby-dev bundler</span></code></pre>
</notextile>
h2(#rvm). Option 2: Install with RVM
h3. Install RVM
<notextile>
-<pre><code># <span class="userinput">gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
+<pre><code># <span class="userinput">gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby=2.5
</span></code></pre></notextile>
-Either log out and log back in to activate RVM, or explicitly load it in all open shells like this:
+To use Ruby installed from RVM, load it in an open shell like this:
<notextile>
<pre><code><span class="userinput">. /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm
</span></code></pre></notextile>
-Once RVM is activated in your shell, install Bundler:
+Alternately you can use @rvm-exec@ (the first parameter is the ruby version to use, or "default"), for example:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code><span class="userinput">rvm-exec default rails console
+</span></code></pre></notextile>
+
+Finally, install Bundler:
<notextile>
<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">gem install bundler</span>
h2(#fromsource). Option 3: Install from source
-Install prerequisites for Debian 8:
+Install prerequisites for Debian 10:
<notextile>
<pre><code><span class="userinput">sudo apt-get install \
- bison build-essential gettext libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls \
+ bison build-essential gettext libcurl4 \
libcurl4-openssl-dev libpcre3-dev libreadline-dev \
libssl-dev libxslt1.1 zlib1g-dev
</span></code></pre></notextile>
make automake libtool bison sqlite-devel tar
</span></code></pre></notextile>
-Install prerequisites for Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04:
+Install prerequisites for Ubuntu 16.04:
<notextile>
<pre><code><span class="userinput">sudo apt-get install \
- gawk g++ gcc make libc6-dev libreadline6-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev \
- libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 autoconf libgdbm-dev \
- libncurses5-dev automake libtool bison pkg-config libffi-dev curl
+ bison build-essential gettext libcurl3 \
+ libcurl3-openssl-dev libpcre3-dev libreadline-dev \
+ libssl-dev libxslt1.1 zlib1g-dev
</span></code></pre></notextile>
Build and install Ruby: