How do I recompile a ruby with RVM?

Question

I installed Ruby 1.9.3 with RVM, and it works fine. I then made some changes in a ruby C source file, and I want to recompile and re-install it so I can use the changes. I haven

Answer 1

The problem with using rvm [reinstall|install] is that it will fetch and use precompiled binaries if it can find any. Sometimes, you really want to rebuild from source, probably because you're trying to use a more recent version of GCC (e.g. 4.8 or 4.9).

The correct flag is --disable-binary, not --force:

rvm reinstall --disable-binary 2.1