Howto Install Complete Ruby On Debian | May 18, 2005-->
May 18, 2005The following command will install all packages and libraries with "ruby1.8" in the package name, which should lead to a more or less complete installation of ruby on your machine:
apt-get install `apt-cache search -n ruby1.8 | cut -d ' ' -f 1` irb1.8 rdoc1.8 ri1.8
A few additional packages will be listed as "recommended" or "suggested" before the download/installation starts. You can cut/paste these names into the above command line; some of these packages won't be available however, so you will have to reedit the resulting command line until it is accepted by apt-get.
