DragonRuby Version Manager

Minimal DragonRuby Version Manager for Linux written in Bash

Why?

This small helper has 3 objectives:

let you have a single DragonRuby installation per version
let you switch between versions with ease.
help structuring your projects so that they are easy to commit into Git (or any other CVS) without leaking DragonRuby files

How to?

Install `drv`

To download and install you only need to put the script somewhere (just remember where), like:

wget -O $HOME/bin/drv https://raw.github.com/f-3r/drv/main/drv

and then source it in you .bashrc like:

echo "source $HOME/bin/drv" >> $HOME/.bashrc

and restart your shell.

To check everything's runnning run:

drv

and you should see the help message

Using it

drv will automatically detect .drv file in the root of you project and set the configured version.

If you set up your projects using drv setup that is already taken into account, so you should be all set and shouldn't need to explicitely run any drv command at all

Anyway, here's the list of available commands it supports:

drv versions => list all installed versions
drv use <version> => activates
drv install <zip-file> => installs the DragonRuby version in the zip file
drv setup <directory> <version> => creates a new project skeleton that will use the specified DragonRuby version.

NOTE: you can see the list of commands running drv without arguments

There's no `run` command! How do I run my game with `drv`?

Well, you don't use drv to run your game. You just use the dragonruby executable directly The only thing you need to remember is to pass you game folder as argument, like:

dragonruby my_game

How to add a DragonRuby version to `drv`

drv install expects a DragonRuby zip, so the steps to install a new version are:

Download a version DragonRuby from https://dragonruby.itch.io/dragonruby-gtk
run drv install path-the-dragonruby-zip-you-just-downloaded

How to change the current DragonRuby version

With the drv use command, like: drv use 4.10

This will add the DragonRuby installation dir into you PATH env var so your shell can find the correct version of dragonruby.

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