WOW OpenBSD 5.5 will ship Ruby 2.1.0 ^_^ OP have you tried Arch Linux ? It already has v2.1.1 > https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/ruby/ Any future release if not in official repo's then in testing. You can also find more info on official wiki here, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ruby