The Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) Build Environment

What This Guide Covers #

This guide provides an overview of the packages, tools and settings available in the Noble Numbat environment.

Using Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) #

To route your builds to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Noble, add the following to your .travis.yml:

dist: noble

Environment common to all Ubuntu 24.04 images #

All preinstalled software not provided by the distro is installed from an official release — either a prebuilt binary if available, or a source release built with default options. For preinstalled language interpreters, a standard version manager like rvm is used if available for the language.

Version Control #

Compilers and Build toolchain #

Docker #

• Docker 28.4.0 is installed.
• docker-compose 2.39.2 is also available.
• Podman 3.4.4 is installed as an alternative container engine.

Ruby Support #

• Pre-installed Rubies: 3.3.9.
• The default ruby is 3.3.9.
• Other ruby versions can be installed during build time.

Python Support #

• Supported Python version is: 3.X or higher.
• Python 3.12.8 will be used by default when no language version is explicitly set.
• The following Python versions are preinstalled:

JavaScript and Node.js support #

• For builds specifying language: node_js, nvm is automatically updated to the latest version at build time.
• The following NodeJS versions are preinstalled: 18.20.6, 20.18.3 and 22.14.0.

Go support #

• Pre-installed Go version: 1.24.6.

• Additional Go versions can be installed during build time by specifying the language version with the go: key.

JVM (Clojure, Groovy, Java, Scala) support #

• Pre-installed JVMs: openjdk17, openjdk21 and openjdk24 on x86, default is openjdk17.

• Other JDKs, including Oracle’s, can be acquired if available by specifying jdk.

• The following JVM tooling is preinstalled::

Perl Support #

• Default version on Noble is 5.38.2.

PHP Support #

• For dynamic runtime selection, phpenv is available.
• The following PHP versions are preinstalled:

Databases and Services #

The following services and databases are preinstalled but but do not run by default. To use one in your build, add it to the services key in your .travis.yml :

Other Ubuntu Linux Build Environments #

You can have a look at the Ubuntu Linux overview page for the different Ubuntu Linux build environments you can use.