
The default Ruby shipped with Debian 8 is of version 2.1.5, which is very old. You can use the following SaltStack states to install Ruby 2.5.1 from source:
bison:
pkg.installed
libgdbm-dev:
pkg.installed
libreadline-dev:
pkg.installed
libssl-dev:
pkg.installed
openssl:
pkg.installed
zlib1g-dev:
pkg.installed
download_ruby_2.5.1_source:
cmd.run:
- name: curl -s -S --retry 5 https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.5/ruby-2.5.1.tar.gz | tar xz
- runas: jenkins
- cwd: /var/lib/jenkins
- unless: command -v ruby && test '2.5.1p57' = $(ruby -v|awk '{print $2}')
install_ruby_2.5.1_from_source:
cmd.run:
- name: cd /var/lib/jenkins/ruby-2.5.1 && ./configure && make && make install
- onchanges:
- download_ruby_2.5.1_source
remove_ruby_2.5.1_source:
file.absent:
- name: /var/lib/jenkins/ruby-2.5.1
- onchanges:
- download_ruby_2.5.1_source