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Uru is a lightweight, multi-platform command line tool that helps you use the multiple rubies (currently MRI, JRuby, and Rubinius) on your 32/64-bit Linux, OS X, or Windows systems.

While there are a number of fantastic ruby environment managers such as RVM, rbenv, pik, and chruby, none are truely multi-platform, and all provide different levels of awesomeness. In contrast, uru is a micro-kernel. It provides a core set of minimal complexity, multi-platform ruby use enhancers.

In many cases, Ruby is a multi-platform joy to use. Shouldn't your ruby environment manager also be?

Easy to Install

The quickest path to uru zen is to download the binary archive for your platform type, extract its contents to a directory already on PATH, and perform one of the following installs. To build and install uru from Go source, or get more in-depth details, review the installation and usage info.

Windows systems

:: Extract uru_rt.exe to a dir already on PATH and install. For example, assuming
:: uru_rt.exe was extracted to C:\tools already on your PATH, install uru like
C:\tools>uru_rt admin install

:: [OPTIONAL] If you have a pre-existing ruby already on PATH from cmd.exe
:: initialization, you can register it as the "system" ruby. A "system" ruby is
:: almost always a bad idea.
C:\tools>uru_rt admin add system

Windows users may also install uru

• by using Scoop to install via scoop install https://bitbucket.org/jonforums/uru/downloads/uru.json
• by using the Chocolatey package manager
• in Cygwin or MSYS2 bash-like environments while remaining compatible with cmd.exe and powershell usage
• in Fish shells on Cygwin or MSYS2 by placing uru_rt.exe on Fish's PATH and doing a one time install via echo 'uru_rt admin install | source' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

Linux and OS X systems

# Extract uru_rt to a dir already on PATH and install. For example, assuming
# uru_rt was extracted to ~/bin already on your PATH, install uru like
$ cd ~/bin && chmod +x uru_rt

# Append to ~/.profile on Ubuntu, or to ~/.zshenv on Zsh
$ echo 'eval "$(uru_rt admin install)"' >> ~/.bash_profile

# [OPTIONAL] If you have a pre-existing ruby already on PATH from bash/Zsh
# startup configuration files, you can register it as the "system" ruby.
# A "system" ruby is almost always a bad idea.
$ uru_rt admin add system

# Restart the shell
$ exec $SHELL --login

# If the `uru` command is not available when using bash via your desktop
# environment's terminal emulator, append this to your .bashrc file.
$(declare -F uru > /dev/null) || eval "$(uru_rt admin install)"

Linux and OS X users may also install uru

• in Fish shells by placing uru_rt on Fish's PATH and doing a one time install via echo 'uru_rt admin install | source' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

Easy to Use

While more detailed examples of uru's core commands are available here, once you have registered your installed rubies with uru, usage is similar to:

$ uru ls
    174         : jruby 1.7.4 (1.9.3p392) 2013-05-16 2390d3b on Java HotSpot(TM) S...
    200p255     : ruby 2.0.0p255 (2013-07-07 revision 41812) [i686-linux]
 => system      : ruby 2.1.0dev (2013-07-06 trunk 41808) [i686-linux]


$ uru 174
---> Now using jruby 1.7.4 tagged as `174`


$ uru ls
 => 174         : jruby 1.7.4 (1.9.3p392) 2013-05-16 2390d3b on Java HotSpot(TM) S...
    200p255     : ruby 2.0.0p255 (2013-07-07 revision 41812) [i686-linux]
    system      : ruby 2.1.0dev (2013-07-06 trunk 41808) [i686-linux]


$ jruby --version
jruby 1.7.4 (1.9.3p392) 2013-05-16 2390d3b on Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.7.0_25-b15 [linux-i386]


$ uru sys
---> Now using ruby 2.1.0-dev tagged as `system`


$ uru ls --verbose
    174         : jruby 1.7.4 (1.9.3p392) 2013-05-16 2390d3b on Java HotSpot(TM) S...
                  ID: 1.7.4
                  Home: /home/jon/.rubies/jruby-1.7.4/bin
                  GemHome: /home/jon/.gem/jruby/1.7.4

    200p255     : ruby 2.0.0p255 (2013-07-07 revision 41812) [i686-linux]
                  ID: 2.0.0-p255
                  Home: /home/jon/.rubies/ruby-2.0.0/bin
                  GemHome: /home/jon/.gem/ruby/2.0.0

 => system      : ruby 2.1.0dev (2013-07-06 trunk 41808) [i686-linux]
                  ID: 2.1.0-dev
                  Home: /usr/local/bin
                  GemHome:


$ uru gem li rake
ruby 2.0.0p255 (2013-07-07 revision 41812) [i686-linux]

rake (10.1.0, 0.9.6)

ruby 2.1.0dev (2013-07-06 trunk 41808) [i686-linux]

rake (10.1.0, 0.9.6)

jruby 1.7.4 (1.9.3p392) 2013-05-16 2390d3b on Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.7.0_25-b15 [linux-i386]

rake (10.1.0, 10.0.3)


$ uru ruby -e 'name="You"; puts "Hello #{name}!"'
ruby 2.0.0p255 (2013-07-07 revision 41812) [i686-linux]

Hello You!

ruby 2.1.0dev (2013-07-06 trunk 41808) [i686-linux]

Hello You!

jruby 1.7.4 (1.9.3p392) 2013-05-16 2390d3b on Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.7.0_25-b15 [linux-i386]

Hello You!