# Problem building ruby from source on FreeBSD 8.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-building-ruby-from-source-on-freebsd-8-0/184202>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 26, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-building-ruby-from-source-on-freebsd-8-0/184202 "2010-02-26T17:13:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![G\_Brandon\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/76d3ee/32.png) [@G\_Brandon\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/G_Brandon_H)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-building-ruby-from-source-on-freebsd-8-0/184202/1 "2010-02-26T17:13:54Z")

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Haldo!  
I am having a problem building ruby 1.9 on my FreeBSD box. make keeps  
telling me “executable host ruby is required, use --with-baseruby  
option”  
I haven’t put ruby on this system yet, so I don’t get why it doesn’t  
know that ruby isn’t there.  
Thanks!  
gb hoyt

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**Author:** ![G\_Brandon\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/76d3ee/32.png) [@G\_Brandon\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/G_Brandon_H)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-building-ruby-from-source-on-freebsd-8-0/184202/2 "2010-03-01T04:37:23Z")

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On 2/26/10 11:08 AM, G Brandon H. wrote:

> Haldo!  
> I am having a problem building ruby 1.9 on my FreeBSD box.

unless you have a specific reason for making ruby from source, simply  
build it from ports.

# cd /usr/ports/lang/ruby19 && make install clean