Ruby

Ruby is a super cool, open-source programming language that works on multiple platforms. It’s designed to help developers create applications easily. If you’re looking to build something awesome in Ruby, you’ve come to the right place!

Key Features of Ruby

This programming language has some neat features. First off, it has a simple syntax that takes inspiration from languages like Ada and Eiffel. Plus, it supports independent threading across different operating systems and has great error handling options.

Object-Oriented Programming

Ruby is all about object-oriented programming! It lets you add methods to classes, which makes coding much easier. You’ll find that it only supports single inheritance but includes true closures and blocks right in its syntax.

Memory Management

It also comes with a solid garbage collector that works by marking and sweeping unused memory. If you're into writing C extensions, you'll be happy to know Ruby allows that too! And guess what? You don’t even need variable declarations!

Installing Ruby on Linux

If you're using a GNU/Linux system, installing Ruby is super simple! You can usually find it in the main software repositories of most major distributions. Just use the built-in Software Center app to get started.

Alternative Installation Method

If you want the latest version, you can grab the source package for free from Softpas. Download it to your Home directory, extract the files, and then open a terminal emulator app (like Terminal) and navigate there (for example: cd /home/softpedia/ruby-2.2.0).

Getting Started with Configuration

You’ll run the ./configure command first to set things up (and if you're curious about options for optimizing Ruby for your hardware architecture, just type ./configure --help). After that, compile it using make, and finish with sudo make install.

Cross-Platform Compatibility

The best part? Ruby isn’t just limited to Linux! It works great across all GNU/Linux distributions and other UNIX-like systems too—like Mac OS X and even Windows! Whether you're on a 32-bit or 64-bit platform, Ruby's got your back!