Homebrew is a commonly used package manager on macos.
Brew update ruby.
Installing homebrew on a mac installation.
Debian or ubuntu 16 04.
We will be setting up a ruby on rails development environment on macos 10 14 mojave.
Installing ruby using homebrew is easy.
Homebrew is package manager for macs which makes installing lots of different software like git ruby and node simpler.
Homebrew macos ruby versions 2 0 and above are included by default in macos releases since at least el capitan 10 11.
Alright so now that homebrew is installed we can use it to install a newer version of ruby.
If ruby is already installed run brew upgrade ruby to upgrade to the latest version.
This should install the latest ruby version.
Apt installs ruby v2 3 1.
Brew install ruby.
Run brew install ruby.
Use the package manager to install ruby.
The missing package manager for macos or linux.
The command is pretty straightforward.
It s all git and ruby underneath so hack away with the knowledge that you can easily revert your modifications and merge upstream updates.
Older versions of os x are mostly compatible so follow along as far as you can and then google search for any problems you run into.
To uninstall follow the directions listed here.
Homebrew lets you avoid possible security problems associated with using the sudo command to install software like node.