# Ruby-1.9.1 installation on RHEL-4

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**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-installation-on-rhel-4/160966 "2009-02-21T14:42:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmsvicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cmsvicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmsvicky)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-installation-on-rhel-4/160966/1 "2009-02-21T14:42:43Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to install ruby-1.9.1 on my RHEL-4 system.

make install as su gives me this error:  
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Generating RI…  
/home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/yaml.rb:9:in `require': no such file to load -- stringio (LoadError) from /home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/yaml.rb:9:in`\<top  
(required)\>’ from  
/home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/rdoc/ri/descriptions.rb:1:in  
`require' from /home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/rdoc/ri/descriptions.rb:1:in`\<top  
(required)\>’  
from /home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/rdoc/ri/reader.rb:2:in  
`require' from /home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/rdoc/ri/reader.rb:2:in`\<top (required)\>’  
from  
/home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/rdoc/generator/ri.rb:5:in `require' from /home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/rdoc/generator/ri.rb:5:in`\<top  
(required)\>’  
from /home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb:268:in  
`require' from /home/vivek/churp/ruby-1.9.1-p0/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb:268:in`document’  
from ./bin/rdoc:15:in `’  
make: \*\*\* [rdoc] Error 1

I have already tried installing ruby-1.8.7 and got some other error. I  
hope this forum will help me.

Regards  
Vivek

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**Author:** ![cmsvicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cmsvicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmsvicky)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-installation-on-rhel-4/160966/2 "2009-02-21T19:19:44Z")

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> I have already tried installing ruby-1.8.7 and got some other error. I  
> hope this forum will help me.

I might suggest reposting these to core if you get no responses here.  
-=r

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-installation-on-rhel-4/160966/3 "2009-02-21T20:10:54Z")

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On Feb 21, 8:42 am, Vivek S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install ruby-1.9.1 on my RHEL-4 system.
> 
> make install as su gives me this error:

This is for CentOS 4.5, but should work with RHEL. Just ignore the  
Apache part and replace the 1.8.6 source with 1.9.1.

[http://www.rubyhead.com/2007/12/05/installing-rails-server-centos-45/](http://www.rubyhead.com/2007/12/05/installing-rails-server-centos-45/)