# Installing Ruby from source on OSX **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 6, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-from-source-on-osx/71201 "2006-10-06T01:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dfg59)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-from-source-on-osx/71201/1 "2006-10-06T01:30:32Z")
I’ve become a die-hard Ruby fan in the past few months. I’m currently using 1.8.5 on my work PC and want to upgrade on my mac at home, which is currently running 1.8.2. It seems the neither Fink nor Darwinports has 1.8.5 available so I’d like to install from source, but I’ve never done this before. Can anyone offer help (like step by step) to a total newbie when it comes to installing from source? ---
**Author:** ![dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dfg59)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-from-source-on-osx/71201/2 "2006-10-06T01:38:06Z")
On 5-Oct-06, at 5:30 PM, Drew O. wrote: > I’ve become a die-hard Ruby fan in the past few months. I’m currently > using 1.8.5 on my work PC and want to upgrade on my mac at home, which > is currently running 1.8.2. It seems the neither Fink nor Darwinports > has 1.8.5 available so I’d like to install from source, but I’ve never > done this before. > > Can anyone offer help (like step by step) to a total newbie when it > comes to installing from source? ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ruby-1.85 && make && sudo make install ? ---
**Author:** ![dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dfg59)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-from-source-on-osx/71201/3 "2006-10-06T01:58:08Z")
Drew O. wrote: > I’ve become a die-hard Ruby fan in the past few months. I’m currently > using 1.8.5 on my work PC and want to upgrade on my mac at home, which > is currently running 1.8.2. It seems the neither Fink nor Darwinports > has 1.8.5 available so I’d like to install from source, but I’ve never > done this before. I’m running off DarwinPorta (MacPorts) and it is already 1.8.5. Make sure your ports are up-to-date. (port selfupdate) Nutters-Computer:~/Documents/workspace/jruby headius$ ruby -v ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i686-darwin8.7.1] ---
**Author:** ![dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dfg59)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-from-source-on-osx/71201/4 "2006-10-06T02:10:08Z")
this should be able to get you up and running. > **[Dan Benjamin](https://danbenjamin.com)** > > Dan Benjamin's personal website. just follow the instructions for installing ruby. ---
**Author:** ![dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@dfg59](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dfg59)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-from-source-on-osx/71201/5 "2006-10-06T02:34:10Z")
Drew, “Drew O.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote on 10/5/06 7:30 pm: > I’ve become a die-hard Ruby fan in the past few months. I’m currently > using 1.8.5 on my work PC and want to upgrade on my mac at home, which > is currently running 1.8.2. It seems the neither Fink nor Darwinports > has 1.8.5 available so I’d like to install from source, but I’ve never > done this before. > > Can anyone offer help (like step by step) to a total newbie when it > comes to installing from source? I followed the instructions at Hivelogic[1]. I ran into one problem, but solved that in the comments at my blog[2]. Other URLs that may help or point to common errors are included afterwards [3, 4] 1: [http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby\_rails\_lighttpd\_mysql\_tiger](http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger) 2: \<[Building Ruby, Rails, LightTPD, and MySQL on Tiger | NSLog();](http://nslog.com/archives/2006/10/04/building_ruby_rails_lighttpd_and_mysql) \_on\_tiger.php\> 3: [http://www.nabble.com/Ruby-1.8.4-Mac-OS-X-readline-problems-t801880.html](http://www.nabble.com/Ruby-1.8.4-Mac-OS-X-readline-problems-t801880.html) 4: [http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/83481](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/83481) – Best wishes, Erik J. Barzeski 1 + 1 = 3; // for large values of 1