# Re: gem install problem on os x

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gem-install-problem-on-os-x/115076>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 20, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gem-install-problem-on-os-x/115076 "2007-09-20T12:00:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gem-install-problem-on-os-x/115076/1 "2007-09-20T12:00:44Z")

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This was on the list recently - you need to install the dev-tools I  
think, look back in the archives.

HTH

Clive

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gem-install-problem-on-os-x/115076/2 "2007-09-20T18:04:53Z")

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I just searched under everything I could thing of and came up empty. I  
found a lot of people with similar problems, but no solutions.

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-gem-install-problem-on-os-x/115076/3 "2007-09-20T19:36:12Z")

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It does look like you don’t have Xcode tools installed. Make is not  
available without Dev tools installed.

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