Install Rails 8.0.2 on OpenBSD 7.7

login as root.

install ruby 3.3.7 (ruby 3.4 wont work – there are some errors).

pkg_add ruby

install ruby-shim to automatically select ruby executable, avoiding typing ruby33 or ruby34, etc.

pkg_add ruby-shim

test ruby version.

ruby -v

install rails latest version.

gem install rails

test rails version (somehow the rails executable will follow ruby version installed which is 3.3).

rails33 -v

Dont forget to install git.

pkg_add git

Test rails new app.

rails33 new myapp

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