How to Install Omnibus-ruby on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Omnibus-ruby which is from https://github.com/chef/omnibus on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure that your OpenBSD system is up-to-date and has the following requirements:

  • Internet connection
  • Command Line Interface (CLI) access
  • Administrator access or sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we can proceed with the installation of Omnibus-ruby, we need to make sure that we have all the necessary dependencies installed. We can do this by running the following command:

$ doas pkg_add -v ruby ruby24-gems openssl

This command will install Ruby, Ruby Gems, and OpenSSL packages.

Step 2: Install Omnibus-ruby

Once we have installed the dependencies, we can now proceed with the installation of Omnibus-ruby. We can do this by following these steps:

  1. Clone the Omnibus repository from GitHub:

    $ git clone https://github.com/chef/omnibus.git

  2. Change directory to the cloned repository:

    $ cd omnibus

  3. Install the Bundler gem:

    $ gem install bundler

  4. Install the required gems:

    $ bundle install --binstubs

  5. Verify that the installation was successful:

    $ bin/omnibus help

    This command should output the help text for Omnibus-ruby.

Congrats! You have successfully installed Omnibus-ruby on OpenBSD. You can now start building packages using Omnibus-ruby.