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Installing Ruby 1.8.5 on Ubuntu with rbenv
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install-ruby-1.8.5-ubuntu-rbenv.md

  1. Install rbenv.

  2. Download and compile OpenSSL 0.9.8x:

     $ tar zxvf openssl-0.9.8x.tar.gz
 $ cd openssl-0.9.8x
 $ ./config
 $ make
 $ make test
 $ make install

  3. Download Ruby 1.8.5 and extract the archive:

     $ tar zxvf ruby-1.8.5.tar.gz

  4. Fix typo in ruby-1.8.5/math.c:

     $ cd ruby-1.8.5
 $ nano -c math.c

 // Change line 37 from this:
 #elif define(ERANGE)

 // To this:
 #elif defined(ERANGE)

  5. Comment out lines in openssl/bn.h:

     $ sudo nano -c /usr/local/ssl/include/openssl/bn.h
 // Comment out lines 411 and 412.

  6. Compile Ruby 1.8.5:

     $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.rbenv/versions/1.8.5 --with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/ssl
 $ make
 $ make install
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