# Re: Problems building binaries on OS X 10.4

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-problems-building-binaries-on-os-x-10-4/53504>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-problems-building-binaries-on-os-x-10-4/53504 "2006-02-07T21:35:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gennady\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@Gennady\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gennady_B)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-problems-building-binaries-on-os-x-10-4/53504/1 "2006-02-07T21:35:18Z")

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You can build it once to install, say, in /usr/local/ruby-1.8, install  
it (plus libraries/gems you may need) and then tar the whole directory.  
Un-tar it in the same location on every new Mac. At least, this is what  
I do, and not only on Macs. Somehow, any standard installation never  
worked for me. Network file sharing may be used too. Even over NFS  
everything worked sufficiently fast for me.

Gennady.