Windows setup guide: do not recommend to install `rbenv` via `apt` about maybe

[zachgoll]

Great, I've updated the Wiki with the Git installation method:

https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe/wiki/Windows-Dev-Setup-Guide

[HeavySnowJakarta]

By changing the content from sudo apt install rbenv to

Installing `rbenv` via `apt` is not recommended as the version provided by `apt` is too slow. Instead, you had better install it by cloning the Git repository.
\```bash
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
\```

Let `rbenv` be automatically configured every time the system starts:
\```bash
echo 'eval "$(~/.rbenv/bin/rbenv init - bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc
\```

Then install the `ruby-build` plugin:
\```bash
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git "$(rbenv root)"/plugins/ruby-build
\```

Then it'll be rbenv install 3.3.0 and the following things, by doing which version 3.3.0 is not available and similar confusing problems can be simply prevented.

I have no permission to edit the wiki myself.

[HeavySnowJakarta]

THE SAME FOR Linux Setup Guide

[zachgoll]

@HeavySnowJakarta did this command (mentioned in the Wiki) not work properly?

cd "$(rbenv root)"/plugins/ruby-build && git pull

After installing rbenv, that command should pull in ruby-build and make 3.3.0 available for install.

[HeavySnowJakarta]

@HeavySnowJakarta did this command (mentioned in the Wiki) not work properly?

cd "$(rbenv root)"/plugins/ruby-build && git pull

After installing rbenv, that command should pull in ruby-build and make 3.3.0 available for install.

Not working for me. Confusingly ~/.rbenv/ is empty after apt install rbenv for me but rbenv is actually installed.

[zachgoll]

@HeavySnowJakarta did this command (mentioned in the Wiki) not work properly?

cd "$(rbenv root)"/plugins/ruby-build && git pull

After installing rbenv, that command should pull in ruby-build and make 3.3.0 available for install.

Not working for me. Confusingly ~/.rbenv/ is empty after apt install rbenv for me but rbenv is actually installed.

Which step are you failing at? Can you provide some detailed screenshots and/or terminal output?

[HeavySnowJakarta]

When cd "$(rbenv root)"/plugins/ruby-build && git pull, it outputs ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build: No such file or directory, actually the whole ~/.rbenv/ does not exist. I tried to clone ruby-build into ~/.rbenv/plugins, but it still can not find the proper version of Ruby at ~/.rbenv/bin because it does not exist at all.

[zachgoll]

@HeavySnowJakarta can you try installing with Git instead?

https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv?tab=readme-ov-file#basic-git-checkout

[djsiddz]

When cd "$(rbenv root)"/plugins/ruby-build && git pull, it outputs ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build: No such file or directory, actually the whole ~/.rbenv/ does not exist. I tried to clone ruby-build into ~/.rbenv/plugins, but it still can not find the proper version of Ruby at ~/.rbenv/bin because it does not exist at all.

I can confirm this behaviour. I just finished setting up maybe on my Windows WSL. I figured the ruby-build repo needs to exist at that path, so I created the folder plugins and cloned ruby-build there for the path to exist.

Then I got the updated list with rbenv install --list which allowed installing Ruby v3.3.0 and finish setting up maybe and have it running.

I think it makes sense to set up rbenv from their repo as suggested by @HeavySnowJakarta and rbenv themself and make the local setup smooth.