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diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md index 5615b2a534b..5bba405f159 100644 --- a/doc/install/installation.md +++ b/doc/install/installation.md @@ -109,14 +109,19 @@ Then select 'Internet Site' and press enter to confirm the hostname. ## 2. Ruby -**Note:** The current supported Ruby version is 2.3.x. GitLab 9.0 dropped support -for Ruby 2.1.x. +The Ruby interpreter is required to run GitLab. + +**Note:** The current supported Ruby (MRI) version is 2.3.x. GitLab 9.0 dropped +support for Ruby 2.1.x. The use of Ruby version managers such as [RVM], [rbenv] or [chruby] with GitLab in production, frequently leads to hard to diagnose problems. For example, GitLab Shell is called from OpenSSH, and having a version manager can prevent pushing and pulling over SSH. Version managers are not supported and we strongly -advise everyone to follow the instructions below to use a system Ruby. +advise everyone to follow the instructions below to use a system Ruby. + +Linux distributions generally have older versions of Ruby available, so these +instructions are designed to install Ruby from the official source code. Remove the old Ruby 1.8 if present: @@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ Download Ruby and compile it: make sudo make install -Install the Bundler Gem: +Then install the Bundler Gem: sudo gem install bundler --no-ri --no-rdoc |