Installation

This page explains how to install the standard Ruby or JRuby flavors of rubyrep.

Which flavor?

If you just want to get started in the quickest way, choose JRuby.

For more background information, here a comparison between both flavors:

  Standard Ruby flavor JRuby flavor
Capabilities exactly the same  
Performance slower faster (by about one third)[1]
Ease of installation harder easier (more info)

Installing the JRuby version

Pre-condition: Java is installed (tested with version 1.8).

  1. Download the latest JRuby rubyrep package from Bintray.
  2. Unzip
  3. Done

The rubyrep command (through which everything is controlled) is available in the created folder.

Installing the standard Ruby version

  1. Install the Ruby environment[2]
  2. Install the database driver. Normally sudo gem install pg or sudo gem install mysql2 will do the trick.
  3. Install rubyrep sudo gem install rubyrep

After installation, the rubyrep command will be placed in the path.

Next Steps

Next step would be to configure rubyrep for whatever you want it to do. Head to the tutorial for guides to typical scenarios.

[1] rubyrep command startup time under JRuby is slower though (around 9 seconds). Under standard Ruby it is not noticable.

[2] Explanation not in the scope of this document, refer to this site for some pointers.