# Re: ruby for SCO

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-for-sco/80686>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 29, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-for-sco/80686 "2006-12-29T23:20:07Z")\
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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:** [December 29, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-for-sco/80686/1 "2006-12-29T23:20:07Z")

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Overdorf, Sam wrote:

> Does anybody have a copy of ruby-1.8.x that will run on: SCO6  
> Unixware 7
> 
> Thanks,  
> Sam

Have you tried to compile it from the source? Any problem with that?  
Just in case you do not know how to do it:

gunzip ruby-1.8.5-p12.tar.gz | tar xvf -  
cd ruby-1.8.5-p12  
./configure  
make  
su  
make install

It will make ruby available as /usr/local/bin/ruby

If you want another location to install ruby in, modify the configure  
step with:

./configure --prefix=/location/that/you/prefer

Then after “make install” ruby will be available as  
/location/that/you/prefer/bin/ruby

Gennady.