# Is it possible to build RubyGems with IronRuby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-build-rubygems-with-ironruby/141956>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [July 2, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-build-rubygems-with-ironruby/141956 "2008-07-02T01:25:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-it-possible-to-build-rubygems-with-ironruby/141956/1 "2008-07-02T01:25:05Z")

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I have been trying to build RubyGems with IronRuby with the latest  
sources  
over the past week, and it’s getting better each time, but not quite  
there.  
Has anyone else been trying this or been successful in building  
RubyGems? Is  
this a goal of IronRuby, or will IronRuby users also need CRuby to build  
RubyGems and run rake tasks?

The current output from running C:\Users\rriley1\dev\>ir.exe  
rubygems\setup.rb is:

C:\Users\rriley1\dev\ironruby\src\IronRuby.Libraries\Builtins\KernelOps.cs:316:in  
`require': no such file to load -- rubygems (LoadError) from C:\Users\rriley1\dev\ironruby\src\Microsoft.Scripting.Core\Actions\CallSite.cs:288:in`UpdateAndExecute’  
from  
C:\Users\rriley1\dev\ironruby\src\Microsoft.Scripting.Core\Actions\UpdateDelegates.Generated.cs:41:in  
`Update3' from :0 from C:\Users\rriley1\dev\ironruby\src\Microsoft.Scripting.Core\Runtime\ScriptCode.cs:84:in`InvokeTarget’  
from  
C:\Users\rriley1\dev\ironruby\src\Microsoft.Scripting.Core\Runtime\ScriptCode.cs:76:in  
`Run' from C:\Users\rriley1\dev\ironruby\src\Microsoft.Scripting.Core\SourceUnit.cs:246:in`ExecuteProgram’