# Ruby 1.8.6 installation error on linux

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-installation-error-on-linux/90914>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-installation-error-on-linux/90914 "2007-04-02T23:07:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric\_Ho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Eric\_Ho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Eric_Ho)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-installation-error-on-linux/90914/1 "2007-04-02T23:07:48Z")

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Hi all,

i’m brand new to ruby. Just want to give it a try on linux, ruby-1.8.6

cd /share/apps/ruby-1.8.6  
./configure --prefix=`pwd`

make  
make install

make is ok but ‘make install’ encountered error. anyone knows why?  
Many thanks.

[ericho@bioinfo ruby-1.8.6]$ make install  
./miniruby ./instruby.rb --dest-dir="" --extout=".ext" --make=“make”  
–mflags="" --make-flags="" --installed-list .installed.list –  
mantype=“doc”  
installing binary commands  
installing command scripts  
/share/apps/ruby-1.8.6/lib/fileutils.rb:1394:in `fu_each_src_dest': same file: bin/irb and /share/apps/ruby-1.8.6/bin/irb (ArgumentError) from /share/apps/ruby-1.8.6/lib/fileutils.rb:1411:in`fu\_each\_src\_dest0’  
from /share/apps/ruby-1.8.6/lib/fileutils.rb:1393:in  
`fu_each_src_dest' from /share/apps/ruby-1.8.6/lib/fileutils.rb:840:in`install’  
from ./instruby.rb:99:in `install' from ./instruby.rb:246 from ./instruby.rb:239:in`each’  
from ./instruby.rb:239  
from ./instruby.rb:348:in `call' from ./instruby.rb:348 from ./instruby.rb:345:in`each’  
from ./instruby.rb:345  
from ./instruby.rb:344:in `each’  
from ./instruby.rb:344  
make: \*\*\* [do-install-nodoc] Error 1

Eric.