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Install Ruby from the source without RVM
Tried and tested on Ubuntu
1) Open the terminal and create a folder and cd into that folder.
2) Go over to downloads section on Ruby website and there is a link for ftp server stable version of Ruby.
3) now copy that link and then type
wget link_to_download
4) Untar it with
tag -zxvf ruby_tar_file.tar.gz
5) cd into the extracted folder
6) ./configure (sudo if necessary)
7) make && make install
9) Type ruby -v to confirm
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