classicvalues / homebrew-portable-ruby

🚗 Versions of Ruby that can be installed and run from anywhere on the filesystem.

Homebrew Portable Ruby

Formulae and tools to build versions of Ruby that can be installed and run from anywhere on the filesystem.

How do I install these formulae

Just brew install homebrew/portable-ruby/<formula>.

How do I build packages for these formulae

macOS

Run brew portable-package ruby inside an OS X 10.9 VM (so it is compatible with all working Homebrew macOS versions).

Linux

Build a Docker image for your architecture by running one of the following commands.

• docker build -f Dockerfile --platform linux/amd64 --build-arg img=debian/eol:wheezy -t homebrew-portable .
• docker build -f Dockerfile --platform linux/arm/v6 --build-arg img=resin/rpi-raspbian:wheezy -t homebrew-portable .
• docker build -f Dockerfile --platform linux/arm64/v8 --build-arg img=debian/eol:jessie -t homebrew-portable .

Build the portable-ruby package using that Docker image.

docker run --name=homebrew-portable-ruby -w /bottle homebrew-portable brew portable-package ruby
docker cp homebrew-portable-ruby:/bottle .

Current Status

Used in production for Homebrew/brew.

Linux

1. irb on Linux builds seems to fail to link to ncurses statically. If portable-ncurses is removed, irb will fail to handle left, right or backspace keystroke.

License

Code is under the BSD 2 Clause (NetBSD) license.