# Ruby on 64-bit Linux

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-64-bit-linux/59152>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 29, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-64-bit-linux/59152 "2006-04-29T04:20:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-64-bit-linux/59152/1 "2006-04-29T04:20:45Z")

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Hi,

I imagine this topic has been covered before, but I have searched and  
looked through the forum and cannot find any mention of it.

I need to run Ruby on a 64-bit Fedora Linux System. When I compile it,  
I get an error message that says,

gcc -g -O2 -DRUBY\_EXPORT -I. -I. -c file.c  
file.c: In function ‘chmod\_intrnal’:  
file.c:1695: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size

That is a bit worriesome, but when I run make test, it responds that the  
test succeeded.

Is anyone else running Ruby on a 64-bit system? Are there any issues?

Sid

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**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-64-bit-linux/59152/2 "2006-05-03T19:08:39Z")

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Sid Stuart wrote:

> file.c:1695: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
> 
> That is a bit worriesome, but when I run make test, it responds that the  
> test succeeded.
> 
> Is anyone else running Ruby on a 64-bit system? Are there any issues?

Hi Sid,

I’m currently running Ruby 1.9, and I’ve run 1.8, too, on a 64 bit  
Fedora Core 4 system. It’s working fine.

Cheers,  
Daniel

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-64-bit-linux/59152/3 "2007-05-30T06:22:04Z")

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Daniel S. wrote:

> Sid Stuart wrote:
> 
> > file.c:1695: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
> > 
> > That is a bit worriesome, but when I run make test, it responds that the  
> > test succeeded.
> > 
> > Is anyone else running Ruby on a 64-bit system? Are there any issues?
> 
> Hi Sid,
> 
> I’m currently running Ruby 1.9, and I’ve run 1.8, too, on a 64 bit  
> Fedora Core 4 system. It’s working fine.
> 
> Cheers,  
> Daniel

Hi Daniel,  
Where can I download 64-bit ruby package from. or If I need to compile,  
what changes should I make in the sources and in Make files

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-64-bit-linux/59152/4 "2007-05-30T14:45:46Z")

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Madhusudan Narayan wrote:

> > >
> 
> Hi Daniel,  
> Where can I download 64-bit ruby package from. or If I need to compile,  
> what changes should I make in the sources and in Make files

I am running Ruby 1.8.6 on an AMD Athlon64 X2 with Gentoo Linux 2007.0  
and it compiles and links just fine.