# Ruby on android?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-android/152504>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-android/152504 "2008-11-04T18:15:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Satish\_Srinivasan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satish\_Srinivasan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Satish_Srinivasan)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-android/152504/1 "2008-11-04T18:15:34Z")

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Hi rubyists,

Is there some porting effort going on to port ruby to android? I am  
trying to cross compile ruby statically with codesourcery GNU tool  
chain. So far I haven’t been successful (I am getting a lot of build  
errors related to OpenSSL , I need to patch and fix the source). I am  
thinking I might be of better help if anyone’s already doing it.

Thanks and have fun with ruby.

## Satish Srinivasan

pain is effective when its long

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**Author:** ![Satish\_Srinivasan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satish\_Srinivasan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Satish_Srinivasan)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-android/152504/2 "2008-11-09T19:33:20Z")

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Satish Srinivasan:

> Is there some porting effort going on to port ruby to android?

Google, among others, returns this on the first  
page of results: [http://blog.xwings.net/?p=112](http://blog.xwings.net/?p=112)

(You might also want to try to get JRuby on  
Android, as I’d assume it should be easier.)

– Shot