# I have installed Ruby-186-26, why is there no usr/local/bin/ruby directory? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 30, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-installed-ruby-186-26-why-is-there-no-usr-local-bin-ruby-directory/136275 "2008-04-30T09:50:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tenxian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-installed-ruby-186-26-why-is-there-no-usr-local-bin-ruby-directory/136275/1 "2008-04-30T09:50:24Z")
When I installed it, I just changed the path to e:\ruby. I often meet No such file or directory errors. Any idea? ---
**Author:** ![tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tenxian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-installed-ruby-186-26-why-is-there-no-usr-local-bin-ruby-directory/136275/2 "2008-04-30T10:03:22Z")
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:50 AM, tenxian [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > When I installed it, I just changed the path to e:\ruby. I often meet > No such file or directory errors. Any idea? It seems that you have installed Ruby on Windows. Your expectation of Ruby being in /usr/local/bin indicates that you have cygwin installed. Obviously we cannot know how and where you have installed Ruby, but I would look for a ruby.exe on your disk and than create a symlink in cygwin to /usr/local/bin HTH Robert – [http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/](http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/) * * * Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein ---
**Author:** ![tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tenxian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-installed-ruby-186-26-why-is-there-no-usr-local-bin-ruby-directory/136275/3 "2008-04-30T10:10:26Z")
On Apr 30, 4:02 pm, Robert D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > HTH > Robert > > –[http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/](http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/) > > * * * > > Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. > Ludwig Wittgenstein yea, my computer is Windows. ---
**Author:** ![tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tenxian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-installed-ruby-186-26-why-is-there-no-usr-local-bin-ruby-directory/136275/4 "2008-04-30T13:02:24Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tenxian wrote: | | yea, my computer is Windows. Cygwin or Ruby O.-Click? That your OS is Windows could be inferred from your path change to e:\ruby. If its the one-click installer: you should consider that Windows != \*NIX operating systems (like Mac OS X, or Linux). You’ll find a lot of examples and scripts that are either written by \*NIX folk, or are \*NIX specific. * * * Phillip G. Twitter: [twitter.com/cynicalryan](http://twitter.com/cynicalryan) Blog: [http://justarubyist.blogspot.com](http://justarubyist.blogspot.com) (A)bort (F)ail (T)oss computer across room -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org](http://enigmail.mozdev.org) iEYEARECAAYFAkgYUZQACgkQbtAgaoJTgL/3eQCbB/Sm+Aj0UY36HWsqA28UxQ7K peEAn1v6DHrsJX6FMN6ziVipBE7XcoYs =fJ4n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tenxian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-installed-ruby-186-26-why-is-there-no-usr-local-bin-ruby-directory/136275/5 "2008-04-30T15:49:07Z")
tenxian wrote: > > HTH You can’t really expect a mix of the Cygwin and One-Click Ruby paths and permissions to work reliably. Use Cygwin _or_ the One-Click. ---
**Author:** ![tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@tenxian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tenxian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-installed-ruby-186-26-why-is-there-no-usr-local-bin-ruby-directory/136275/6 "2008-04-30T17:22:19Z")
> When I installed it, I just changed the path to e:\ruby. I installed ruby under c: on windows and it works nicely, including ruby-gtk on Windows. (A GUI makes me happier on windows) To be honest, I hate working on windows. Ruby makes my life easier, but windows is still a p\*\*\*.