# Installing ruby 1.8.7 on MAC pc

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 24, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653 "2010-06-24T16:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sun)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653/1 "2010-06-24T16:55:41Z")

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hi,  
I am a newbie to MAC environment .I am working on MAC OSX(10.5.1).  
I need to install ruby 1.8.7 on the MAC PC without disturbing the  
already existing ruby 1.8.6  
Can anybody please provide a step by step approach ?

Regards,  
Sun

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**Author:** ![sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sun)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653/2 "2010-06-24T16:59:47Z")

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You’d use RVM  
[http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/](http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/)

Sun  
escribió:\> hi,

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**Author:** ![sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sun)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653/3 "2010-06-24T17:10:55Z")

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RVM is not supproting on MAC .

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**Author:** ![sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sun)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653/4 "2010-06-24T17:18:31Z")

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You are wrong!

> **[Howto install multiple Ruby version with rvm](https://joneslee85.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/howto-install-multiple-ruby-version-with-rvm/)**
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> My work requires Ruby 1.8.7 and Rails 2.3.8 so the default Ruby 1.8.7 on Mac OS X does the job well. However I am itching to try out the Rails 3.0.0 and Ruby 1.9.2. But I don’t want to mess u…

Sun  
escribió:\> RVM is not supproting on MAC .

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**Author:** ![sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sun)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653/5 "2010-06-25T01:28:39Z")

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no, it’s supported.

try install command (not using git)…

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