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+====== Installing Ruby From Source ======
+To install Ruby you will first need to install the libyaml from [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libyaml|source]] \\
+To install libyaml do the following:
+. change into the source directory
+  cd libyaml-0.2.5
+. Run the bootstrap script
+  ./bootstrap
+. Run configure script with prefix set to /home/.hub_local
+  /configure --prefix=/home/.hub_local
+  make
+  make install
+That it for the libyaml prereq. Next need to download the source code for Ruby [[https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/| here]] \\
+To compile first need to set the following environment variables
+  export CPPFLAGS="-I/home/.hub_local/include"
+  export LDFLAGS=-L/home/.hub_local/lib
+Then change the directory into the Ruby source folder and run the configure script
+  ./configure --prefix=/home/.hub_local
+  make
+  make install
+That should be it.