# Gem Trouble on OS X - resolved

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-trouble-on-os-x-resolved/124961>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 4, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-trouble-on-os-x-resolved/124961 "2008-01-04T02:18:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Benjohn\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Benjohn\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Benjohn_B)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-trouble-on-os-x-resolved/124961/1 "2008-01-04T02:18:56Z")

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A while ago I posted that I was having trouble with Ruby Gems on OS X.  
It was crashing. I gave up trying to fix this in the end, and instead I  
decided to get Ruby 1.8.6 and install from source, and also get gems  
1.0.1. It all seems to be working tickety-boo now. I used the (very  
clear) instruction here:

[Dan Benjamin](http://hivelogic.com/articles/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger/)

Hope that helps someone.

Cheers,  
B