# Re: Installing irb in Ubuntu

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-installing-irb-in-ubuntu/95931>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 20, 2006, 9:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-installing-irb-in-ubuntu/95931 "2006-06-20T09:54:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 9:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-installing-irb-in-ubuntu/95931/1 "2006-06-20T09:54:58Z")

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# you can not even dream about ‘sudo apt-get install rails’. Also, there

the ideal way imho, is to install rails using gem, plus you get the  
latest stable of rails, too…

kind regards -botp

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**Author:** ![PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-installing-irb-in-ubuntu/95931/2 "2006-06-20T10:43:33Z")

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Peña wrote:

> # you can not even dream about ‘sudo apt-get install rails’. Also, there
> 
> the ideal way imho, is to install rails using gem, plus you get the latest stable of rails, too…

Theoretically this sounds good, but i did not manage to install rails  
yet this way (well, my sample s not too big either - 3 machines) - once  
(back on breezy) there was some problem with the ruby-mysql binding  
which i had to compile from source, and on dapper… i don’t really  
remember what was the problem but i know i had to install something  
manually to get it up and running. (I am now talking about the  
installation on a ‘ruby-less’ machine - if you already have your ruby  
stuff up and running, maybe a gem install rails is enough)

## Peter

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