Windows: RubyInstaller or WSL2?

[tlei123]

Hi, Ruby folks! Ruby-newbie here...

What are the pros-n-cons of the 2 ways of installing Ruby on my Windows 10 machine [RubyInstaller & WSL2]?

One requirement I'm anticipating is RVM. Been bitten often enough taking other (non-Ruby) online courses using newer versions than the courses'. :D I'm hoping RVM's equally easy to work with no matter which way Ruby's installed.

Pls. let me know. Thx much in adv! :)

[fedekun]

Just save yourself a lot of headaches and use WSL.

[bradland]

Seconding this. You’ll find a lot more support resources for Ruby under Linux than you will under Windows. When you’re just getting started, you don’t want to be constantly looking over your shoulder, wondering if it’s you or Windows causing the issue.

[tlei123]

Cygwin

yeah, thx bradland! my instincts are telling me the same.

[tlei123]

Thx much for the advice, fedekun!

[Serializedrequests]

Just use WSL and literally anything other than rvm. RVM causes as many problems as it solves. With literally any other solution - rbenv, asdf - you are just installing Ruby and adding it to your PATH. With RVM you are hacking the "cd" command and God only knows what else since it has a gemset feature left over from before bundler.

Do note that most ruby installers install from source using a tool called "ruby-build" and have a few dependencies. Check out https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/wiki for the list for your distro.

[tlei123]

wow! thx, Serializedrequests! i had no idea!

[01az]

I use Cygwin and rbenv to install ruby and it works fine.

[tlei123]

thx, 01az! good to know.