# A DMG for Macosx Tiger **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 22, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-dmg-for-macosx-tiger/55636 "2006-03-22T17:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Asset)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-dmg-for-macosx-tiger/55636/1 "2006-03-22T17:23:44Z")
I want to learn programming from the beginning and i choosen to start with Ruby. I tried several times to do what’s written here > **[Dan Benjamin](https://danbenjamin.com)** > > Dan Benjamin's personal website. but it doesn’t work. when i do this mate ~/.bash\_login i get an error even after installing textmate and write textmate ~/.bash\_login and things tried many things a copple of hours. So i searched with google for a working dmg i get a litle bit angry too see there is a exe for windows but for mac is nothing. I searced and searced but found no DMG. Is there somebody they know were i can find a DMG for OSX or must i buy a windows PC. ---
**Author:** ![Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Asset)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-dmg-for-macosx-tiger/55636/2 "2006-03-22T17:33:19Z")
On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Asset wrote: > copple of hours. > TextMate does not install the mate command, until you ask it to. Try > this… 1. Launch TextMate 2. Choose Terminal Usage… from the Help menu 3. Push the Create Link button Hope that helps. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Asset)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-dmg-for-macosx-tiger/55636/3 "2006-03-22T18:02:44Z")
That works i now did all the hings below. But now it seems there is nothing installed. were can i start Ruby i cant’t find anything ---
**Author:** ![Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Asset)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-dmg-for-macosx-tiger/55636/4 "2006-03-22T18:24:22Z")
Thanks ruby -v gives [powerpc-darwin8.0] i think it works now. I read somewhere too use a teksteditor so i can try further now. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Asset)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-dmg-for-macosx-tiger/55636/5 "2006-03-22T18:12:51Z")
On Mar 22, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Asset wrote: > That works i now did all the hings below. > > But now it seems there is nothing installed. were can i start Ruby i > cant’t find anything You’re leaving the land of your Mac GUI my friend. 😉 Try opening the Terminal application and typing: ruby -v She’s there and listening… 😉 James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Asset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Asset)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-dmg-for-macosx-tiger/55636/6 "2006-03-25T02:35:35Z")
On 22 Mar 2006, at 17:24, Asset wrote: > Thanks > > ruby -v gives [powerpc-darwin8.0] i think it works now. > > I read somewhere too use a teksteditor so i can try further now. > Thanks If you’re starting from the beginning, you’d probably do really well to use the interactive ruby shell. You can type commands in to it directly and see what they do, so it’s really good for learning; it saves you needing to write programs and try them out. You can run the shell by going to the command line and typing irb. There are a lot of simple Ruby tutorials about on the web. Here’s one: ``` http://poignantguide.net/ruby/chapter-3.html ``` You’ll be able to try out the ideas in the using irb. HTH, Cheers, Benjohn