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Ruby

Example Repo

Open In Devbox.sh

Ruby can be automatically configured by Devbox via the built-in Ruby Plugin. This plugin will activate automatically when you install Ruby 2.7 using devbox add ruby.

Adding Ruby to your shell​

Run devbox add ruby bundler, or add the following to your devbox.json

    "packages": [
        "ruby_3_1",
        "bundler"
    ]

This will install Ruby 3.1 to your shell.

Other versions available include:

  • ruby (Ruby 2.7)
  • ruby_3_0 (Ruby 3.0)

Ruby Plugin Support​

Devbox will automatically create the following configuration when you install Ruby with devbox add.

Environment Variables​

These environment variables configure Gem to install your gems locally, and set your Gem Home to a local folder

RUBY_CONFDIR={PROJECT_DIR}/.devbox/virtenv/ruby
GEMRC={PROJECT_DIR}/.devbox/virtenv/ruby/.gemrc
GEM_HOME={PROJECT_DIR}/.devbox/virtenv/ruby
PATH={PROJECT_DIR}/.devbox/virtenv/ruby/bin:$PATH

Bundler​

In case you are using bundler to install gems, bundler config file can still be used to pass configs and flags to install gems.

.bundle/config file example:

BUNDLE_BUILD__SASSC: "--disable-lto"