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Port details on branch 2025Q3
ruby-build Compile and install different ruby versions
20250908 devel on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 20250908Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
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Port Added: 2025-07-16 02:09:06
Last Update: 2025-09-09 01:08:49
Commit Hash: 3228f13
Also Listed In: ruby
License: MIT
WWW:
https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build
Description:
ruby-build is an rbenv plugin that provides an rbenv install command to compile and install different versions of Ruby on UNIX-like systems. You can also use ruby-build without rbenv in environments where you need precise control over Ruby version installation.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. bin/ruby-build
  2. libexec/rbenv-install
  3. libexec/rbenv-uninstall
  4. share/man/man1/ruby-build.1.gz
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/ruby-build-20250908/catalog.mk
  6. /usr/local/share/licenses/ruby-build-20250908/LICENSE
  7. /usr/local/share/licenses/ruby-build-20250908/MIT
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • ruby-build>0:devel/ruby-build
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/devel/ruby-build/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/ruby-build
  • pkg install ruby-build
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: ruby-build
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1757379714 SHA256 (rbenv-ruby-build-v20250908_GH0.tar.gz) = 057167bb7507be05f75449bc9b7531f68420de2b1347f5a50b99a0fc07bb197c SIZE (rbenv-ruby-build-v20250908_GH0.tar.gz) = 98011

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Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Runtime dependencies:
  1. autoconf>0 : devel/autoconf
  2. curl : ftp/curl
  3. gmake : devel/gmake
  4. libffi.pc : devel/libffi
  5. yaml-0.1.pc : textproc/libyaml
  6. rbenv : devel/rbenv
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for ruby-build-20250908: RBENV=on: Install rbenv for installation support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
devel_ruby-build
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/tar.gz/v20250908?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 5

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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20250908
09 Sep 2025 01:08:49
commit hash: 3228f1372690eac4a7cd889a189022a75ceec8dfcommit hash: 3228f1372690eac4a7cd889a189022a75ceec8dfcommit hash: 3228f1372690eac4a7cd889a189022a75ceec8dfcommit hash: 3228f1372690eac4a7cd889a189022a75ceec8df files touched by this commit
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devel/ruby-build: Update to 20250908

Changes:	https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/releases/tag/v20250908
(cherry picked from commit 9017ddff40945ddb2fc66959998a1565afdf3e8b)
20250829
29 Aug 2025 00:49:02
commit hash: 92f43d917ff1bc6104587d08a847941d41f13fd2commit hash: 92f43d917ff1bc6104587d08a847941d41f13fd2commit hash: 92f43d917ff1bc6104587d08a847941d41f13fd2commit hash: 92f43d917ff1bc6104587d08a847941d41f13fd2 files touched by this commit
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devel/ruby-build: Update to 20250829

Changes:	https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/releases/tag/v20250829
(cherry picked from commit 85ddb3eb14754c870d5cc61ed91e9e3d9bb9061b)
20250811
11 Aug 2025 15:02:54
commit hash: 58da0dc7510ccd5ed8c9ce17d0e89c49596abc0ecommit hash: 58da0dc7510ccd5ed8c9ce17d0e89c49596abc0ecommit hash: 58da0dc7510ccd5ed8c9ce17d0e89c49596abc0ecommit hash: 58da0dc7510ccd5ed8c9ce17d0e89c49596abc0e files touched by this commit
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devel/ruby-build: Update to 20250811

Changes:	https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/releases/tag/v20250811
(cherry picked from commit b2b885ec55473adbef33baa03172236f6a5f8c8c)
20250724
25 Jul 2025 01:18:37
commit hash: cdf1542cad77376eba734b74e114d14fa4bda83acommit hash: cdf1542cad77376eba734b74e114d14fa4bda83acommit hash: cdf1542cad77376eba734b74e114d14fa4bda83acommit hash: cdf1542cad77376eba734b74e114d14fa4bda83a files touched by this commit
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devel/ruby-build: Update to 20250724

Changes:	https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/releases/tag/v20250724
(cherry picked from commit 3fc7ea7cb2f754baa51e7c57a935b708d1cb439f)
20250716
16 Jul 2025 01:52:53
commit hash: 5828a453fa8bc947bfb16129f65aa2dd904db489commit hash: 5828a453fa8bc947bfb16129f65aa2dd904db489commit hash: 5828a453fa8bc947bfb16129f65aa2dd904db489commit hash: 5828a453fa8bc947bfb16129f65aa2dd904db489 files touched by this commit
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devel/ruby-build: Update to 20250716

This is a leaf port, and because to the nature of the tool, it is
worthwhile to always keep it up to date.

Changes:	https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/releases/tag/v20250716

(cherry picked from commit 476e2c0e4f33b5d5b4ebefc3d4ed1f95df75e8b1)

Number of commits found: 5