# Compiling Ruby 1.8.4 on AIX HOWTO and Binaries

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 7, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-ruby-1-8-4-on-aix-howto-and-binaries/77662 "2006-03-07T07:22:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-ruby-1-8-4-on-aix-howto-and-binaries/77662/1 "2006-03-07T07:22:27Z")

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Greetings!

First of all, I’m new to the list and to Ruby. Hopefully this is the  
right place to post this, if not please let me know.

Prior to this post, I searched the net looking for information on pre-  
built binaries for Ruby on AIX and could not find any. Secondly, I  
looked for a HOWTO on building it for AIX and likewise came up short.

I work in a large AIX shop and found Ruby to be very handy…if I  
could just find a binary or compile it on AIX…

So I figured it out for myself and documented it. I hope this helps  
out others with AIX and a desire to develop Ruby on it.

Compiling Ruby on AIX HOWTO (with IBM’s Visual Age for C Compiler)  
[http://homepage.mac.com/cjgibbons/rubyonaixhowto/t1.html](http://homepage.mac.com/cjgibbons/rubyonaixhowto/t1.html)

Ruby Binaries for AIX 4.3.3 and 5L (tar.gz files)  
[http://homepage.mac.com/cjgibbons/Downloads.htm](http://homepage.mac.com/cjgibbons/Downloads.htm)

Christopher Gibbons