---
name: "multiruby_setup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ruby-zentest"
version: "4.9.5-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/multiruby_setup"
---

# multiruby\_setup(1)

script to help you manage multiruby

## NAME

multiruby\_setup - script to help you manage multiruby

## SYNOPSIS

**multiruby\_setup** \[**-h**\|*cmd*\|*spec...*\]

**multiruby\_setup** *mri:svn:current*

## DESCRIPTION

Use **multiruby\_setup** to manage your installed versions of ruby. This helps you use multiruby command to run anything you want on  multiple versions of ruby.

The various versions are installed in a subdirectory of .multiruby  in your home directory.

## OPTIONS

### cmds

**-h**, **--help**, **help** \
  	show this help.

**build**\
  	build and install everything. used internally.

**clean**\
  	clean scm build dirs and remove non-scm build dirs.

**list**\
  	print installed versions.

**rm:$version**\
  	remove a particular version.

**rubygems:merge**\
  	symlink all rubygem dirs to one dir.

**tags**\
  	list all tags from svn.

**update**\
  	update svn builds.

**update:rubygems**\
  	update rubygems and nuke install dirs.

### specs

**the\_usual**\
  	alias for latest versions from tar + rubygems

**mri:svn:current**\
  	alias for mri:svn:releases and mri:svn:branches.

**mri:svn:releases**\
  	alias for supported releases of mri ruby.

**mri:svn:branches**\
  	alias for active branches of mri ruby.

**mri:svn:branch:$branch**\
  	install a specific `$branch` of mri from svn.

**mri:svn:tag:$tag**\
  	install a specific `$tag` of mri from svn.

**mri:tar:$version**\
  	install a specific `$version` of mri from tarball.

### environment variables

**GEM\_URL**\
  	url for rubygems tarballs

**MRI\_SVN**\
  	url for MRI SVN

**RUBY\_URL**\
  	url for MRI tarballs

**VERSIONS**\
  	what versions to install

**RUBYOPT** is cleared on installs.

## NOTES

- •

  you can add a symlink to your rubinius build into ~/.multiruby/install

- •

  I need patches/maintainers for other implementations.

## AUTHOR

Ryan Davis, Eric Hodel, seattle.rb

This manual page is written by Praveen Arimbrathodiyl \<praveen@debian.org\> for Debian GNU System (GNU/Linux, GNU/kFreeBSD, GNU/Hurd).