# Building Ruby: Where is libruby1.8.so? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 17, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-ruby-where-is-libruby1-8-so/160497 "2009-02-17T02:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Br.Bill](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Br.Bill](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Br.Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-ruby-where-is-libruby1-8-so/160497/1 "2009-02-17T02:15:44Z")
Ruby version: 1.8.6-p287 Architecture: RedHat enterprise 5.3 Linux den1 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 EST 2008 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux I’m no expert on building in Linux, but I have finally managed to build ruby after banging my head for a couple of days. I can install it too. I’ve got it installing into a test area (not a sysadmin). I can run lots of programs there, but not the ones I need to run, which are incompatible with the existing 1.8.5 installation. Unfortunately, although most everything else seems to work fine, I’m missing libruby1.8.so. Also its lab-mates, libruby.so and libruby18.so. 1.8 . libruby-static.a is here, drinking all the beer and looking smug. I need to operate outside of rpms - I do not have the power to install them anyway. How do I get the freaking these freaking .so files? Thanks for anything. -Br.Bill ---
**Author:** ![Br.Bill](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Br.Bill](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Br.Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-ruby-where-is-libruby1-8-so/160497/2 "2009-02-17T02:58:30Z")
Br.Bill wrote: > Unfortunately, although most everything else seems to work fine, I’m > missing libruby1.8.so. Also its lab-mates, libruby.so and libruby18.so. > 1.8 . ./configure --enable-shared