# Macruby next to Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macruby-next-to-ruby/152930>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 10, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macruby-next-to-ruby/152930 "2008-11-10T02:19:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macruby-next-to-ruby/152930/1 "2008-11-10T02:19:30Z")

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I want to try MacRuby. Can I install that next to Ruby installed by  
Macports without disturbing Ruby and Rails there?

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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macruby-next-to-ruby/152930/2 "2008-11-10T02:39:28Z")

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You can, everything from MacRuby is self-contained in  
/Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework and MacRuby executables are  
macruby, macirb, macri, and so on.

– Yanik Magnan • [http://r-ch.net](http://r-ch.net)

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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macruby-next-to-ruby/152930/3 "2008-11-10T02:47:37Z")

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Yanik Magnan wrote:

> You can, everything from MacRuby is self-contained in  
> /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework and MacRuby executables are  
> macruby, macirb, macri, and so on.
> 
> – Yanik Magnan • [http://r-ch.net](http://r-ch.net)

Great 🙂