# How to install ruby in home folder? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 12, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932 "2007-11-12T12:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932/1 "2007-11-12T12:26:16Z")
I don’t have root access Is there any idea to install ruby in home folder(/home/username/) only ? ---
**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932/2 "2007-11-12T13:20:26Z")
On Nov 12, 2007, at 5:26 AM, Pokkai D. wrote: > ## I don’t have root access Is there any idea to install ruby in home folder(/home/username/) only ? > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Yes, there is. Google this: install Ruby Dreamhost Dreamhost users often have to do just this in order to have the latest Ruby and/or Gems. If you have shell access via ssh and compiler. wget, curl, ftp, or svn are also very helpful. Do be aware though, on any account like this, where you don’t have higher level control, compiling or installing might fail if they have a administrative daemon process that goes around killing long-running or CPU intensive user processes. Should be Ok though… But don’t be surprised, it might run a bit slower if it is a shared host… ---
**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932/3 "2007-11-12T15:34:44Z")
Pokkai D. wrote: > I don’t have root access > Is there any idea to install ruby in home folder(/home/username/) only ? Assuming you’ve got all the GNU tools: 1. Download the source tarball and unpack it. 2. Create a folder "/home/username/ruby 3. Go into the directory that came from the unpacked tarball and type 4. Add “/home/username/ruby/bin” to the front of your path. Type ---
**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932/4 "2007-11-12T17:21:16Z")
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > ``` > $ autoconf > $ ./configure --prefix=/home/username/ruby > $ make > $ make install > > ``` when i execute “./configure --prefix=/home/username/ruby” checking build system type… i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 checking host system type… i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 checking target system type… i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 checking for gcc… gcc checking for C compiler default output file name… configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log’ for more details. what to do ? ---
**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932/5 "2007-11-13T06:43:51Z")
Pokkai D. wrote: > checking host system type… i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 > checking target system type… i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 > checking for gcc… gcc > checking for C compiler default output file name… > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables > See `config.log’ for more details. > > what to do ? There will be a file named “config.log” in the source directory. It will tell you what went wrong. If it isn’t obvious to you, post it here and we’ll have a look at it. What flavor of Linux are you running, and if it’s one of those “user friendly” ones like Fedora, have you installed all the “development tools?” ---
**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932/6 "2007-11-13T09:29:43Z")
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > There will be a file named “config.log” in the source directory. It will > tell you what went wrong. If it isn’t obvious to you, post it here and > we’ll have a look at it. What flavor of Linux are you running, and if > it’s one of those “user friendly” ones like Fedora, have you installed > all the “development tools?” thanks for your reply. i am using linux ubuntu 7.04. how to install all “development tools”? (without root permission) actually i am a student and working in a Linux Server ,i don’t have “root” access # this is my “config.log” file contents in “/home/username/packages/ruby-1.8.6” This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. It was created by configure, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61. Invocation command line was $ ./configure --prefix=/home/thani/ruby ## --------- ## Platform. ## --------- hostname = sumi-desktop uname -m = i686 uname -r = 2.6.20-15-generic uname -s = Linux uname -v = #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown /bin/uname -X = unknown /bin/arch = i686 /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown /usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH: /home/thani/packages/jruby/bin PATH: /home/thani/packages/jdk1.6.0/bin PATH: /usr/local/sbin PATH: /usr/local/bin PATH: /usr/sbin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /sbin PATH: /bin PATH: /usr/games ## ----------- ## Core tests. ## ----------- configure:1892: checking build system type configure:1910: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 configure:1932: checking host system type configure:1947: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 configure:1969: checking target system type configure:1984: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 configure:2245: checking for gcc configure:2261: found /usr/bin/gcc configure:2272: result: gcc configure:2510: checking for C compiler version configure:2517: gcc --version \>&5 gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4) Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. configure:2520: $? = 0 configure:2527: gcc -v \>&5 Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: …/src/configure -v –enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr –enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib –without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls –program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-\_\_cxa\_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu –enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4) configure:2530: $? = 0 configure:2537: gcc -V \>&5 gcc: ‘-V’ option must have argument configure:2540: $? = 1 configure:2563: checking for C compiler default output file name configure:2590: gcc conftest.c \>&5 /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:2593: $? = 1 configure:2631: result: configure: failed program was: | /\* confdefs.h. _/ | #define PACKAGE\_NAME “” | #define PACKAGE\_TARNAME “” | #define PACKAGE\_VERSION “” | #define PACKAGE\_STRING “” | #define PACKAGE\_BUGREPORT “” | #define USE\_BUILTIN\_FRAME\_ADDRESS 1 | /_ end confdefs.h. \*/ | | int | main () | { | | ; | return 0; | } configure:2638: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log’ for more details. ## ---------------- ## Cache variables. ## ---------------- ac\_cv\_build=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 ac\_cv\_env\_CC\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_CC\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_CFLAGS\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_CFLAGS\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_CPPFLAGS\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_CPPFLAGS\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_CPP\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_CPP\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_LDFLAGS\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_LDFLAGS\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_LIBS\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_LIBS\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_YACC\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_YACC\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_YFLAGS\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_YFLAGS\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_build\_alias\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_build\_alias\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_host\_alias\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_host\_alias\_value= ac\_cv\_env\_target\_alias\_set= ac\_cv\_env\_target\_alias\_value= ac\_cv\_host=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 ac\_cv\_prog\_ac\_ct\_CC=gcc ac\_cv\_target=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 ## ----------------- ## Output variables. ## ----------------- ALLOCA=’’ AR=’’ ARCHFILE=’’ ARCH\_FLAG=’’ AS=’’ ASFLAGS=’’ CC=‘gcc’ CCDLFLAGS=’’ CFLAGS=’’ COMMON\_HEADERS=’’ COMMON\_LIBS=’’ COMMON\_MACROS=’’ CP=’’ CPP=’’ CPPFLAGS=’’ CPPOUTFILE=’’ DEFS=’’ DLDFLAGS=’’ DLDLIBS=’’ DLEXT2=’’ DLEXT=’’ DLLWRAP=’’ ECHO\_C=’’ ECHO\_N=’-n’ ECHO\_T=’’ EGREP=’’ ENABLE\_SHARED=’’ EXEEXT=’’ EXPORT\_PREFIX=’’ EXTOUT=’’ EXTSTATIC=’’ GNU\_LD=’’ GREP=’’ INSTALL\_DATA=’’ INSTALL\_PROGRAM=’’ INSTALL\_SCRIPT=’’ LDFLAGS=’’ LDSHARED=’’ LIBEXT=’’ LIBOBJS=’’ LIBPATHENV=’’ LIBPATHFLAG=’’ LIBRUBY=’’ LIBRUBYARG=’’ LIBRUBYARG\_SHARED=’’ LIBRUBYARG\_STATIC=’’ LIBRUBY\_A=’’ LIBRUBY\_ALIASES=’’ LIBRUBY\_DLDFLAGS=’’ LIBRUBY\_LDSHARED=’’ LIBRUBY\_SO=’’ LIBS=’’ LINK\_SO=’’ LN\_S=’’ LTLIBOBJS=’’ MAINLIBS=’’ MAJOR=‘1’ MAKEDIRS=’’ MAKEFILES=’’ MANTYPE=’’ MINIOBJS=’’ MINIRUBY=’’ MINOR=‘8’ NM=’’ NROFF=’’ OBJDUMP=’’ OBJEXT=’’ OUTFLAG=’’ PACKAGE\_BUGREPORT=’’ PACKAGE\_NAME=’’ PACKAGE\_STRING=’’ PACKAGE\_TARNAME=’’ PACKAGE\_VERSION=’’ PATH\_SEPARATOR=’:’ PREP=’’ RANLIB=’’ RDOCTARGET=’’ RM=’’ RPATHFLAG=’’ RUBYW\_INSTALL\_NAME=’’ RUBY\_INSTALL\_NAME=’’ RUBY\_SO\_NAME=’’ RUNRUBY=’’ SET\_MAKE=’’ SHELL=’/bin/bash’ SOLIBS=’’ STATIC=’’ STRIP=’’ TEENY=‘6’ TRY\_LINK=’’ WINDRES=’’ XCFLAGS=’’ XLDFLAGS=’’ YACC=’’ YFLAGS=’’ ac\_ct\_CC=‘gcc’ arch=’’ bindir=’${exec\_prefix}/bin’ build=‘i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1’ build\_alias=’’ build\_cpu=‘i686’ build\_os=‘linux-gnulibc1’ build\_vendor=‘pc’ configure\_args=’’ datadir=’${datarootdir}’ datarootdir=’${prefix}/share’ docdir=’${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE}’ dvidir=’${docdir}’ exec\_prefix=‘NONE’ host=‘i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1’ host\_alias=’’ host\_cpu=‘i686’ host\_os=‘linux-gnulibc1’ host\_vendor=‘pc’ htmldir=’${docdir}’ includedir=’${prefix}/include’ infodir=’${datarootdir}/info’ libdir=’${exec\_prefix}/lib’ libexecdir=’${exec\_prefix}/libexec’ localedir=’${datarootdir}/locale’ localstatedir=’${prefix}/var’ mandir=’${datarootdir}/man’ oldincludedir=’/usr/include’ pdfdir=’${docdir}’ prefix=’/home/thani/ruby’ program\_transform\_name=‘s&^&&’ psdir=’${docdir}’ rubyw\_install\_name=’’ sbindir=’${exec\_prefix}/sbin’ setup=’’ sharedstatedir=’${prefix}/com’ sitearch=’’ sitedir=’’ sysconfdir=’${prefix}/etc’ target=‘i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1’ target\_alias=’’ target\_cpu=‘i686’ target\_os=‘linux-libc1’ target\_vendor=‘pc’ ## ----------- ## confdefs.h. ## ----------- #define PACKAGE\_NAME “” #define PACKAGE\_TARNAME “” #define PACKAGE\_VERSION “” #define PACKAGE\_STRING “” #define PACKAGE\_BUGREPORT “” #define USE\_BUILTIN\_FRAME\_ADDRESS 1 # configure: exit 77 ---
**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932/7 "2007-11-13T19:40:14Z")
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > The compiler and loader “gcc” and “ld” appear to be installed and > operating, but “crt1.o” is missing. This is a run time library. It > _should_ be on the system. You will need to have the system > administrators help you. first of all thanks to you now i installed ruby-1.8.6 now everything is fine to me how to install ri and rdoc ? ---
**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-ruby-in-home-folder/119932/8 "2007-11-13T15:14:31Z")
Pokkai D. wrote: > thanks for your reply. > > i am using linux ubuntu 7.04. > how to install all “development tools”? (without root permission) > actually i am a student and working in a Linux Server ,i don’t have > “root” access You will need to convince your system administrators to help you. See below. > $ ./configure --prefix=/home/thani/ruby > > configure:2245: checking for gcc > > i486-linux-gnu > Thread model: posix > gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4) > configure:2530: $? = 0 > configure:2537: gcc -V \>&5 > gcc: ‘-V’ option must have argument > configure:2540: $? = 1 > configure:2563: checking for C compiler default output file name > configure:2590: gcc conftest.c \>&5 > /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status The compiler and loader “gcc” and “ld” appear to be installed and operating, but “crt1.o” is missing. This is a run time library. It _should_ be on the system. You will need to have the system administrators help you.