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.
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-h3. Centos 7
+h3. Alma/CentOS/Red Hat/Rocky
-The Ruby version shipped with Centos 7 is too old. Use "RVM":#rvm to install a newer version of Ruby (we recommend installing version 2.7 or newer).
+The Ruby version shipped with version 7 of these distributions is too old. Use "RVM":#rvm to install a newer version of Ruby (we recommend installing version 2.7 or newer).
+
+Ruby 2.7 is available in a module with version 8 of these distributions. You can install it by running:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code># <span class="userinput">dnf module enable ruby:2.7</span>
+# <span class="userinput">dnf install --enablerepo=devel ruby ruby-devel</span></code></pre>
+</notextile>
h3. Debian and Ubuntu
h3. Install gpg and curl
-h4. Centos 7
+h4. Alma/CentOS/Red Hat/Rocky
<pre>
-yum install gpg curl which
+dnf install gpg curl which
</pre>
h4. Debian and Ubuntu
libssl-dev libxslt1.1 zlib1g-dev
</span></code></pre></notextile>
-Install prerequisites for CentOS 7:
+Install prerequisites for Alma/CentOS/Red Hat/Rocky:
<notextile>
-<pre><code><span class="userinput">sudo yum install \
+<pre><code><span class="userinput">sudo dnf install \
libyaml-devel glibc-headers autoconf gcc-c++ glibc-devel \
patch readline-devel zlib-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel \
make automake libtool bison sqlite-devel tar
<notextile>
<pre><code><span class="userinput">mkdir -p ~/src
cd ~/src
-curl -f https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.7/ruby-2.7.5.tar.gz | tar xz
-cd ruby-2.7.5
-./configure --disable-install-rdoc
-make
+curl -f https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.2/ruby-3.2.2.tar.gz | tar xz
+cd ruby-3.2.2
+./configure --disable-install-static-library --enable-shared --disable-install-doc
+make -j8
sudo make install
# Make sure the post install script can find the gem and ruby executables
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/gem /usr/bin/gem
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby
# Install bundler
-sudo -i gem install bundler</span>
+sudo -i gem install bundler --no-document</span>
</code></pre></notextile>