Post #2038847
2026-02-08 13:00 UTC
Are you looking for a way to use #guix to work on your #ruby packages? Then do I have a project for you!
I finally got around to writing some words about my Guix Ruby project: https://carlo.zancanaro.id.au/posts/ruby-development-using-guix.html
It's a convenient way to sit inside the Ruby/Bundler ecosystem, but use Guix to manage your packages/shells.
If you happen to be in this niche intersection of interests, I'd love to hear if it works for you.
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@pjotrprins@mastodon.social 2026-02-10 12:01
@carlozancanaro@aus.social I have a pretty similar setup with Ruby since 2015 (Dave and I collaborated a bit on the ruby build system). Only pain point I see is that when you want to use some C libraries, such as nokogiri, you need to use the somewhat older version of ruby on guix trunk. Because that is used for building the guix packages. That may catch the unwary. Somewhat dated info here: https://gitlab.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/-/blob/master/RUBY.org?ref_type=heads