To upgrade from ruby 2 3 to 2 6 first you ll need to upgrade your version of ruby.
Linux update ruby version.
To verify that the installation it was successful run the following command which will print the ruby version.
Ruby version ruby 2 7 0p0 2019 12 25 revision 647ee6f091 x86 64 linux congratulation s finally you have successfully installed ruby on your system.
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To verify that you have a current version of ruby run the command ruby v.
It is available out of the box on ubuntu but snap also works on many other linux distributions.
The installed version is typically the latest version of ruby available at the release time of the specific distribution version.
Do you want to know where your ruby binary is installed.
Just run which ruby.
It can also sometimes reveal the version you are using as it is usually part of directory structure.
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Sudo apt install ruby full.
Does anyone know how to actually have this version replace 2 2 1 in all my apps.
Rvm install 2 6 1 rvm use 2 6 1 default.
The current stable version is 2 7 1.
These numbers don t have to be exact but if you are running a version that s too old some of the features may not work correctly.
The output will look something like this.
Ruby 2 5 1p57 2018 03 29 revision 63029 x86 64 linux gnu installing ruby using rbenv.
Snap ubuntu or other linux distributions snap is a package manager developed by canonical.
Which ruby home rupert rvm rubies ruby 2 4 1 bin ruby.
To do this we will use the ruby version manager you installed when you did your original system install.
Install ruby by typing.
Install appropriate ruby packages.