# Compiling from the svn repository **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 7, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-from-the-svn-repository/94649 "2006-01-07T09:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-from-the-svn-repository/94649/1 "2006-01-07T09:17:25Z")
Ok, so this might be a stupid question, but I just got the latest ruby from the cvs repo and I can’t find ‘configure’ in there ? So how am I suppose to compile ? I am puzzled… Note that I got the src from cvs using: $ cvs -d :pserver:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid:/src login $ cvs -z4 -d :pserver:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid:/src co ruby (I am following the instruction given on the ruby home page, when you click on ‘cvs repositories’) Now, how exactly am I suppose to compile now (usually a simple ‘./configure; make; make install’ works fine…), but ‘configure’ doesn’t seem to be in the cvs rep. Am I missing something ? thanks for your help. -Didier ps: now why would I ever want to compile from the cvs repo directly ? well, I just got 1.8.4 and 80 tests are failing (I am on os x 10.4.3), so maybe the cvs repo has some patches… ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-from-the-svn-repository/94649/2 "2006-01-07T10:59:26Z")
> Ok, so this might be a stupid question, but I just got the > latest ruby from the cvs repo and I can’t find ‘configure’ in > there ? So how am I suppose to compile ? I am puzzled… $ vi README /configure :q $ autoconf $ ./configure $ make # make install gegroet, Erik V. - [http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/](http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-from-the-svn-repository/94649/3 "2006-01-08T09:35:32Z")
On 1/7/06, Erik V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Ok, so this might be a stupid question, but I just got the > > latest ruby from the cvs repo and I can’t find ‘configure’ in > > there ? So how am I suppose to compile ? I am puzzled… > > $ vi README > /configure > :q > $ autoconf Just for clarification, autoconf is a program that generates a configure script. It usually processes a file called configure.in (and others). ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-from-the-svn-repository/94649/4 "2006-01-09T09:24:56Z")
Oh my god, I feel like such a newbie, that’s not even funny… Thanks for your help gegroet. Oh, and btw, the 80 failing tests I was getting on 1.8.4 are also failing with the cvs code. All related to drb… Not that much of a big deal since I don’t use drb, but a little disturbing still… -Didier ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-from-the-svn-repository/94649/5 "2006-01-09T16:45:14Z")
> Oh, and btw, the 80 failing tests I was getting on 1.8.4 > are also failing with the cvs code. All related to drb… I was playing around with the same thing over the weekend and found that when my firewall was turned on I get errors as well. I turned the firewall off and removed my ethernet connection and got only two errors. When I have my firewall off and my ethernet connected everything in “make test-all” passes. Bill