How to install Ruby programming language on Linux | Linux Today

How to install Ruby programming language on Linux

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Sep 16, 2020

In this quick article, you will learn how to install setup Ruby programming language on a Linux operating system. This guide works on all kinds of Linux distributions.

Ruby is a dynamically typed, interpreted, and general-purpose programming language. The language was designed and developed by a Japanese programmer Yukihiro Matsumoto in mid of the 1990s.

Ruby is also an open-source programming language that became popular for its simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and code.

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