# Mac help with rubygems **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 3, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-help-with-rubygems/103286 "2007-05-03T20:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ddancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@ddancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ddancer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-help-with-rubygems/103286/1 "2007-05-03T20:36:56Z")
Hi, I’m trying to expand my horizons by learning to do some dev work on an iMac that I inherited from a co-worker. My understanding of Mac OS is fairly described as infantile; I think of Mac OS as a really pretty version of Linux. Now to my point… I’m having some trouble with the FireRuby gem. It appears to install, but running it; well here is the output… hst-27-241:~ $ gem update fireruby Updating installed gems… Need to update 1 gems from [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) . complete Attempting remote update of fireruby Select which gem to install for your platform (powerpc-darwin7.9.0) 1. fireruby 0.4.1 (i586-linux) 2. fireruby 0.4.1 (mswin32) 3. fireruby 0.4.0 (mswin32) 4. fireruby 0.4.0 (i586-linux) 5. Skip this gem 6. Cancel installation > 1 > Successfully installed fireruby-0.4.1-i586-linux > Installing ri documentation for fireruby-0.4.1-i586-linux… > Installing RDoc documentation for fireruby-0.4.1-i586-linux… > Gems: [fireruby] updated > hst-27-241:~ $ irb > irb(main):001:0\> require ‘rubygems’ > =\> true > irb(main):002:0\> require ‘fireruby’ > LoadError: no such file to load – fr\_lib > from > /opt/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:32:in > `gem_original_require' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:32:in `require’ > from > /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fireruby-0.4.1-i586-linux/lib/fireruby.rb:21 > from > /opt/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:32:in > `gem\_original\_require’ > from > /opt/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:32:in > require’ > from (irb):2 > irb(main):003:0\> … thus I interpret this to mean fr\_lib.so file not found I’ve also installed Firebird 1.5.x for good measure. and now I wallow in Maconfusion, any help appreciated regards, ---
**Author:** ![ddancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@ddancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ddancer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-help-with-rubygems/103286/2 "2007-05-03T23:04:10Z")
On 5/3/07, Andy K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m having some trouble with the FireRuby gem. It appears to install, > but running it; well here is the output… I am not at all familiar with the “fireruby” project, but I can say that if you try to install a gem that was intended for the “i586-linux” platform on your Mac OS X box, it’s just not going to work. Based on the output of “gem update” that you included, it looks like there in fact isn’t a Mac-specific gem for fireruby. There may be other options available to you for using that software on your Mac, however; you’ll just need to ask the fireruby developer(s) what’s up. Hope this helps, Lyle ---
**Author:** ![ddancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@ddancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ddancer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-help-with-rubygems/103286/3 "2007-05-04T06:42:38Z")
On May 4, 2007, at 3:36 AM, Andy K. wrote: > I’m having some trouble with the FireRuby gem. It appears to > 2. fireruby 0.4.1 (mswin32) > irb(main):001:0\> require ‘rubygems’ > custom\_require.rb:32:in `gem\_original\_require’ > > and now I wallow in Maconfusion, > > any help appreciated > > regards, Maybe this page can help: [http://fireruby.rubyforge.org/](http://fireruby.rubyforge.org/) According to this it should support OS X. However I see you’re running PPC not Intel Mac, that means an extension written in C will have to be recompiled. Endian issues. ---
**Author:** ![ddancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@ddancer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ddancer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mac-help-with-rubygems/103286/4 "2007-08-23T04:05:33Z")
Andy K. wrote: > Hi, > > I’m trying to expand my horizons by learning to do some dev work on an > iMac that I inherited from a co-worker. > > My understanding of Mac OS is fairly described as infantile; I think of > Mac OS as a really pretty version of Linux. > > Now to my point… > > I’m having some trouble with the FireRuby gem. It appears to install, > but running it; well here is the output… … > thus I interpret this to mean fr\_lib.so file not found > > I’ve also installed Firebird 1.5.x for good measure. > > and now I wallow in Maconfusion, > > any help appreciated > > regards, Hi, I just recently discovered the same problem, not sure if you’ve figured it out by now (looks like your post was a while ago…). I don’t know why rubygems did not find the darwin version because if I go to rubyforge: [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=596&release\_id=3732](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=596&release_id=3732) the darwin gem is right there, just install with sudo gem install /path/to/fireruby\_0.4.1\_powerpc\_darwin.gem -amiel