In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Omnibus-Ruby on Linux Mint. Omnibus is a package builder that allows you to create platform-specific packages such as Debian, RPM, and OS X. Omnibus-Ruby is a Ruby implementation that includes all the necessary libraries and tools required to build Omnibus packages.
Before we begin, you should have the following installed on your system:
The following are the steps to install Omnibus-Ruby on Linux Mint:
Open the terminal on your Linux Mint system by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
Update the package repository by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Install the required dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential curl git libffi-dev libgdbm5 libgdbm-dev libncurses5-dev libreadline-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev zlib1g-dev autoconf bison libgmp-dev libtool
Clone the Omnibus-Ruby repository from GitHub by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/chef/omnibus-ruby.git
Change the directory to omnibus-ruby:
cd omnibus-ruby
Install the required Gems by running the following command:
bundle install
Build the Omnibus-Ruby package by running the following command:
bundle exec omnibus build ruby
Once the build process completes successfully, the Omnibus-Ruby package will be located in the pkg directory.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Omnibus-Ruby on Linux Mint, which allows you to create cross-platform packages. You can now use Omnibus-Ruby to build your own packages, such as Chef and other software that require deploying to multiple platforms.
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