If you want to use this package as your default system ruby, as root create symbolic links like so (overwriting any previous default): ln -sf ${PREFIX}/bin/ruby18 ${PREFIX}/bin/ruby ln -sf ${PREFIX}/bin/erb18 ${PREFIX}/bin/erb ln -sf ${PREFIX}/bin/irb18 ${PREFIX}/bin/irb ln -sf ${PREFIX}/bin/rdoc18 ${PREFIX}/bin/rdoc ln -sf ${PREFIX}/bin/ri18 ${PREFIX}/bin/ri ln -sf ${PREFIX}/bin/testrb18 ${PREFIX}/bin/testrb