# Ruby 1.9.1 and Rubygems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-and-rubygems/159163>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 1, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-and-rubygems/159163 "2009-02-01T18:26:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike343)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-and-rubygems/159163/1 "2009-02-01T18:26:15Z")

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Wanting to play with Ruby 1.9.1, I uninstalled (via apt) all my Ruby  
packages, downloaded the Ruby 1.9.1 source code and installed with  
./configure, make, then make install. At this point, Ruby works fine,  
as do the irb, ri, etc commands. Next up, install Rubygems 1.3.1.  
Download the source code, extract, and run ruby setup.rb. During the  
install, it overwrites /usr/local/bin/ruby, breaking the Ruby  
installation.

Why is Rubygems writing over /usr/local/bin/ruby?

I’m running Ubuntu 8.10, and I’ve uninstalled all Ruby-related  
packages prior to doing this.

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**Author:** ![mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike343)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-and-rubygems/159163/2 "2009-02-01T19:14:24Z")

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Hello Michael,

Ruby 1.9.1 ships with built-in Rubygems. You do not need to install  
Rubygems separately.

Regards  
Nicolai

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**Author:** ![mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike343)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-and-rubygems/159163/3 "2009-02-01T19:32:47Z")

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> Ruby 1.9.1 ships with built-in Rubygems. You do not need to install  
> Rubygems separately.

Right, but the question still stands: why on earth is the rubygems  
installer script attempting something so disruptive?

Did the OP file a bug to the rubygems devs?

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**Author:** ![mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike343)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-and-rubygems/159163/4 "2009-02-01T19:49:50Z")

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On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Codeblogger [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Hello Michael,
> 
> Ruby 1.9.1 ships with built-in Rubygems. You do not need to install  
> Rubygems separately.
> 
> Regards  
> Nicolai

Wow… I didn’t realize that at all! Has Rubygems been merged with  
Ruby? How will updates of Rubygems be performed in the future? Is  
the version of Rubygems now tied to the version of Ruby?

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**Author:** ![mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike343](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike343)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-and-rubygems/159163/5 "2009-02-01T19:51:00Z")

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On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:31 PM, David P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Right, but the question still stands: why on earth is the rubygems installer script attempting something so disruptive?
> 
> Did the OP file a bug to the rubygems devs?

I have now.