# Can't view a ruby file after installation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-view-a-ruby-file-after-installation/84489>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 5, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-view-a-ruby-file-after-installation/84489 "2007-02-05T09:32:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![veeraa2003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@veeraa2003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/veeraa2003)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-view-a-ruby-file-after-installation/84489/1 "2007-02-05T09:32:39Z")

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Hello every body,

I’m new person to linux. I already installed PHP5 and MYSql on my  
system. Now I installed Ruby on the same system. I dont know how to  
start Ruby in my system . Cos when I create a file with the extension of  
.rb in my localhost directory (/var/www/html/XXX.rb). And run through my  
browser but It show my ruby code only not the output.

I followed the same steps as viewing a PHP file, to view my ruby file  
like

Starting apache.  
viewing through localhost…etc.

Is there any other procedure to view my output of the ruby file

But when I try with shell prompt I got the output like.

Code:  
[root@dhcppc0 ~]#env ruby

print “Hello\n”;  
^D  
Hello  
[root@dhcppc0 ~]#

And my ruby installation details;

Code:  
[root@dhcppc0 ~]# rpm -qa | grep ruby  
eruby-devel-1.0.5-6.1  
ruby-sqlite3-1.1.0-6.fc6  
ruby-devel-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
ruby-mode-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
ruby-mysql-2.7.1-2.fc6  
eruby-libs-1.0.5-6.1  
eruby-1.0.5-6.1  
ruby-irb-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
rubygems-0.9.1-1.fc6  
ruby-fam-0.2.0-3.fc6  
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
ruby-libs-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
ruby-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
ruby-ri-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
ruby-docs-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
[root@dhcppc0 ~]#

Anything else to install… Please help,

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![veeraa2003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@veeraa2003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/veeraa2003)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-view-a-ruby-file-after-installation/84489/2 "2007-02-05T09:38:00Z")

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On 2/5/07, Veeraa V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> like
> 
> eruby-devel-1.0.5-6.1  
> ruby-tcltk-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
> Thanks in advance.  
> AddType application/x-httpd-eruby .rhtml  
> Action application/x-httpd-eruby /cgi-bin/eruby  
> DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml index.rhtml

Replace the .rb extension with .rhtml, or register the type as .rb in  
Apache.

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**Author:** ![veeraa2003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@veeraa2003](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/veeraa2003)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-view-a-ruby-file-after-installation/84489/3 "2007-02-05T10:33:36Z")

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Vlad GALU wrote:

> On 2/5/07, Veeraa V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > like
> > 
> > eruby-devel-1.0.5-6.1  
> > ruby-tcltk-1.8.5.2-1.fc6  
> > Thanks in advance.  
> > AddType application/x-httpd-eruby .rhtml  
> > Action application/x-httpd-eruby /cgi-bin/eruby  
> > DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml index.rhtml
> 
> Replace the .rb extension with .rhtml, or register the type as .rb in  
> Apache.

I added the above lines  
AddType application/x-httpd-eruby .rhtml  
Action application/x-httpd-eruby /cgi-bin/eruby  
DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml index.rhtml

and make alternate changes as .rhtml and .rb in my httpd.conf. But no  
use . While try to view my ruby file. It just ask to download. What can  
I do.