# Installing eRuby/Erubis to use with Apache on Mac OS X **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 12, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-eruby-erubis-to-use-with-apache-on-mac-os-x/103969 "2007-05-12T04:00:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![donut2d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@donut2d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/donut2d)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-eruby-erubis-to-use-with-apache-on-mac-os-x/103969/1 "2007-05-12T04:00:51Z")
So I’m pretty new to Ruby and I really like the idea of it and the syntax and all of that joy. But I’m having trouble getting up and running. I got Ruby 1.8.6 installed thanks to > **[Dan Benjamin](https://danbenjamin.com)** > > Dan Benjamin's personal website. That was easy. But I did a lot I didn’t exactly understand what I was doing, to give you an idea of where I’m at. I want to get eruby or erubis working with my local dev apache install. This is not the install that came with OS X, but with using MAMP (www.mamp.info). It’s what I use for all of my development in PHP, which I have been doing for several years now, though not all on my shiny new mac. So here are my questions: 1. What do I need to do to get eRuby or Erubis working with Apache? 2. Since I will be eventually moving what I write to a shared hosting solution, would there be any compatibility dangers of using Erubis? 3. How common is it for shared hosting solutions to have eRuby or compatible setup or how hard is it get them to do that? 4. Is there anything I should know about developing web apps in Ruby when coming from PHP? Also, I’m not interested in Rails yet. I want to learn Ruby first and go from there. I’ve already searched high and low for these answers without much luck, only small clues. I hope I’m not being terribly annoying asking this seemingly basic questions. Any help is greatly appreciated.