# Ruby 1.8.5 on Mac OS X **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 27, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400 "2006-11-27T18:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400/1 "2006-11-27T18:26:10Z")
On Mac OS X 10.4.8, Ruby 1.8.2 is installed in /usr/bin/ruby I installed RubyGems and several libraries. I needed to upgrade to the latest version, so I downloaded Ruby 1.8.5 source from: [http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20020102.html](http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20020102.html) which I installed in: /usr/local/bin/rub Now RubyGems and the libraries I had installed are not found. I can run ruby with this alias: ruby=‘/usr/local/bin/ruby’ Is there a way to get RubyGems and the libraries to be recognized by this new version? Or a way to install them into the new version? -Doug ---
**Author:** ![doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400/2 "2006-11-27T18:46:11Z")
doog [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there a way to get RubyGems and the libraries to be > recognized by this new version? Or a way to install them > into the new version? Yes “no prob” 😉 currently (apart from Apple’s buggy ruby) i’m using two rubies install one under /opt (MacPort) another one devoted to jRuby under my HOME/bin. aliasing isn’t sufficiant, u have also to setup your PATH such a way the kernel hits /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin, afaik. entering in ther terminal : which ruby gives you the “good” one ? also did you setup in your env vars GEM\_HOME, RUBYOPT and RUBYGEMS ? another way to specify dirs is to use a ~/.gemrc see the on line man of rubygems. hoping that could help. ---
**Author:** ![doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400/3 "2006-11-27T18:52:12Z")
On Nov 27, 2006, at 11:25 AM, doog wrote: > I can run ruby with this alias: > > ruby=‘/usr/local/bin/ruby’ > > Is there a way to get RubyGems and the libraries to be > recognized by this new version? Or a way to install them > into the new version? Doug, you need to add “/usr/local/bin” to your PATH variable. It’s apparent from this question that you don’t understand some of the basics of OSX’s UNIX shell behavior. Here’s a link [1] to a set of basic UNIX tutorials which will give you a nice foundation for working in a shell environment going forward. In the meantime, fire up Terminal.app and do the following: 1. cd $HOME 2. echo ‘PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH’ \>\> .profile 3. echo ‘export PATH’ \>\> .profile Make sure you use single quotes instead of double quotes! Quit Terminal.app and then reopen it. At the shell prompt type ‘which ruby’ to confirm it returns ‘/usr/local/bin/ruby’ to you. cr [1] [UNIX / Linux Tutorial for Beginners](http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/) ---
**Author:** ![doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400/4 "2006-11-27T21:02:35Z")
Thanks for the info about GEM\_HOME. I set up /usr/local/bin to be ahead of /usr/bin. I still have trouble getting the gems to be loaded with the newer /usr/local/bin/ruby Here’s my setup now: /usr/local/bin/ruby # latest ruby /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ # gems Do I set: GEM\_HOME=/usr/lib/ruby/gems or GEM\_HOME=/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems Also, it’s not clear to what values to use for “user directory” and the “mygemrepository” in the following (taken from the RubyGems man page: [http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/3](http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/3)) ``` Use the following to install RubyGems in a user directory (here called /home/mystuff) with a repository named /home/mygemrepository): $ export GEM_HOME=/home/mygemrepository $ ruby setup.rb config --prefix=/home/mystuff $ ruby setup.rb setup $ ruby setup.rb install ``` At the moment, I don’t need RUBYOPT because I use require ‘rubygems’ ---
**Author:** ![doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doog)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400/5 "2006-11-28T03:31:33Z")
Got 1.8.5 installed on Macintosh with gems. Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate you helping me get past this. Basically, I put “/usr/local/bin” ahead of “/usr/bin” in my PATH in ~/.profile Then I re-installed rubygem to “/usr/local” and $ ruby setup.rb config --prefix=/usr/local and re-installed all my gems, which automatically installed them into /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems * * * Details below… > I think you’ve installed rubygems using /usr/bin/ruby, the Apple’s one ? Yes. I installed rubygems when Apple’s /usr/bin/ruby was the only version on my Mac. > may be you didn’t change your PATH hit before ? You mean change PATH to include /usr/local/bin/ruby before installing rubygems? That would be correct, since /usr/local/bin/ruby didn’t yet exist when I installed rubygems. > personaly in such a situation i would re-install rubygems to insure it > is linked to the right ruby. Okay, I did succeed re-installing ruby gems $ cd rubygems-0.9.1 $ ruby setup.rb config --prefix=/usr/local I figured out which value to pass in to --prefix by looking in setup.rb: $ grep setup.rb | grep prefix \_stdruby = “$prefix/lib/ruby/#{version}” The argument to --prefix should be clarified in [http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3](http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3) Calling “gem environment” now prints nicely: $ gem environment Rubygems Environment: - VERSION: 0.9.0 (0.9.0) - GEM PATH: - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 … ---
**Author:** ![doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400/6 "2006-11-27T22:46:54Z")
doog [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Here’s my setup now: > /usr/local/bin/ruby # latest ruby > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ # gems I think you’ve installed rubygems using /usr/bin/ruby, the Apple’s one ? may be you didn’t change your PATH hit before ? > Do I set: > GEM\_HOME=/usr/lib/ruby/gems > or > GEM\_HOME=/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems neither only : GEM\_HOME=/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 but i would suspect you could enter into trouble, if i’m right, that’s to say you’ve installed rubygems with Apple’s Ruby… personaly in such a situation i would re-install rubygems to insure it is linked to the right ruby. > ``` > $ ruby setup.rb config --prefix=/home/mystuff > $ ruby setup.rb setup > $ ruby setup.rb install > > ``` no need for a repository except you want to download first and install afterwards ? otherwise gem is able to download remotely the gems you want to install. > At the moment, I don’t need RUBYOPT because I use > require ‘rubygems’ OK, fine. ---
**Author:** ![doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400/7 "2006-11-27T22:36:50Z")
doog [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > or > $ export GEM\_HOME=/home/mygemrepository > $ ruby setup.rb config --prefix=/home/mystuff > $ ruby setup.rb setup > $ ruby setup.rb install > > At the moment, I don’t need RUBYOPT because I use > require ‘rubygems’ What happens when you say “gem environment” at the command line? m. ---
**Author:** ![doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@doog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/doog)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-on-mac-os-x/77400/8 "2006-11-28T06:01:57Z")
doog [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > and re-installed all my gems, which automatically installed them into > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems fine !