I have looked but I am unable to locate a good RPM source for the latest 1.8.X release of Ruby. Is there one out there?
This is going on a server to run some admin scripts and not to host Ruby based websites so it is not mission critical, but the server is.
Best Answer
Ruby 1.8.7 is included in RHEL 6.
If you run an older version, then you could try to download the corresponding srpm and recompile.
Edit:
From my workstation:
It looks that 1.8.7 made it into the final version, it could be absent in beta. If you have Red Hat subscription you should be able to get it. Otherwise your best bet is to wait for CentOs, I think.