Error making ruby 1.9.3- host is required. And no base options

Ruby
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I am installing ruby 1.9.3 on a Ubuntu machine.
I recieved the error “executable host ruby is required. use
–with-baseruby option”
After looking online I discovered that you need an older version of ruby
to install ruby…
Many solutions suggested compiling and installing 1.8 and then using it
as a base to compile and install 1.9
HOWEVER it seems that ruby 1.8 is gone? What other options do I have to
use as a base?

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Why don’t you use RVM (Ruby Version Manager) instead of compiling it by
yourself?
2013. 9. 20. 오전 12:25에 “hot sauce” [email protected]님이 작성:

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Am 19.09.2013 17:24, schrieb hot sauce:

I am installing ruby 1.9.3 on a Ubuntu machine.
I recieved the error “executable host ruby is required. use
–with-baseruby option”
After looking online I discovered that you need an older version of ruby
to install ruby…
Many solutions suggested compiling and installing 1.8 and then using it
as a base to compile and install 1.9
HOWEVER it seems that ruby 1.8 is gone? What other options do I have to
use as a base?

Why don’t you use the Ruby packaged by Ubuntu as base?
(On Ubuntu 12.04 there is a `ruby1.9.3’ package which AFAIK
provides 1.9.3-p0).

Regards,
Marcus