# Help building ruby on osx **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 12, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-building-ruby-on-osx/79104 "2006-12-12T05:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rpheath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rpheath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rpheath)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-building-ruby-on-osx/79104/1 "2006-12-12T05:03:13Z")
I need to get some help compiling ruby 1.8.5-p2 on my MacBook Pro. Where would be a good place to post my build log and the errors I get when running ‘make test-all’? What other info will be helpful to provide? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![rpheath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rpheath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rpheath)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-building-ruby-on-osx/79104/2 "2006-12-12T05:25:14Z")
> I need to get some help compiling ruby 1.8.5-p2 on my MacBook Pro. Where > would be a good place to post my build log and the errors I get when running > ‘make test-all’? What other info will be helpful to provide? I don’t know if I can help you with the errors, but I just did this on my mac and saved the output… maybe this will help you… there’s more than just ruby though… it’s mysql, ruby, rails, imagemagick, mongrel, etc… Note there are a couple of spots down below that do a “setenv”. That will only work in tcsh, not bash. Adjust as necessary… Hope this helps… MYSQL: 1. Double-click the drive image to mount it 2. Locate the MySQL installer (a file named something like mysql-standard-5.0.27-osx10.4-i686.pkg) and run it, authenticating as needed 3. Double-click MySQLStartupItem.pkg, authenticate, and let it install 4. Double-click MySQL.prefPane and install it, deciding whether to make it available to just the current user, or for all system users Once the install is complete, start the MySQL server using the newly-installed control panel. Note: MySQL installs with a default user of root which has no password. Please read this page about MySQL usernames and passwords and set a good one. Subversion: 1. Just install it like any other mac app. ########################################################################### # # edit /etc/csh.login and set the following: # setenv PATH “/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin” setenv EVENT\_NOKQUEUE 1 # # edit /etc/profile and set the following: # export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin" export EVENT\_NOKQUEUE=1 # # relogin and make sure your path matches the above. # mkdir -p /usr/local/src # # copy all the source balls into this directory # cd /usr/local/src tar zxvf readline-5.2.tar.gz cd readline-5.2 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make make install cd … tar zxvf ruby-1.8.5-p2.tar.gz cd ruby-1.8.5-p2 setenv CFLAGS -O ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-pthread –with-readline-dir=/usr/local make make install make install-doc unsetenv CFLAGS cd … tar zxvf rubygems-0.9.0.tgz cd rubygems-0.9.0 ruby setup.rb cd … sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies vim /etc/csh.login /etc/profile tar jxvf freetype-2.1.10.tar.bz2 cd freetype-2.1.10 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make make install cd … tar jxvf libpng-1.2.14.tar.bz2 cd libpng-1.2.14 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make make install cd … tar zxvf jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz cd jpeg cd jpeg-6b/ ln -s `which glibtool` ./libtool export MACOSX\_DEPLOYMENT\_TARGET=10.4 ./configure --enable-shared --prefix=/usr/local make mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1 make install unsetenv MACOSX\_DEPLOYMENT\_TARGET cd … tar zxvf tiff-3.8.2.tar.gz cd tiff-3.8.2 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make make install cd … tar jxvf ImageMagick-6.3.1-0.tar.bz2 cd ImageMagick-6.3.1 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make make install cd … tar zxvf libevent-1.2a.tar.gz cd libevent-1.2a ls ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make make install cd … tar zxvf memcached-1.2.0.tar.gz cd memcached-1.2.0 # # edit memcached.h and add ‘#undef NO\_TCPPUSH’ to the top # ./configure --with-libevent=/usr/local --prefix=/usr/local make make install # # do each one of these individually as some ask for versions # gem install rmagick -y gem install tidy -y gem install memcache-client -y gem install mongrel -y gem install capistrano -y gem install mongrel\_cluster -y ---
**Author:** ![rpheath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rpheath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rpheath)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-building-ruby-on-osx/79104/3 "2006-12-12T15:56:45Z")
Ryan H. wrote: > I need to get some help compiling ruby 1.8.5-p2 on my MacBook Pro. > Where > would be a good place to post my build log and the errors I get when > running > ‘make test-all’? What other info will be helpful to provide? > > Thanks. To build on OSX from source, I followed the instructions posted on: > **[Dan Benjamin](https://danbenjamin.com)** > > Dan Benjamin's personal website. The instructions are very easy to follow (he assumes no prior experience) and they leave a well organized install on your machine. I now use a variant of his instructions for Ubuntu installs as well since his approach was far superior to my “hammer till it works” style. p.s the article may be a little out of date on versions but I had no problems with the latest releases. Hope this helps ilan