# Ruby one on osx **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 27, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-one-on-osx/184242 "2010-02-27T03:09:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brianwisti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-one-on-osx/184242/1 "2010-02-27T03:09:45Z")
Hi, I’m new to ruby and mac’s. I just did a one click install to a 10.4 osx system of of Ruby O. from rubyforge, but I don’t know where it put it or how to put it in my path (im from windows background) Any help appreciated Thanks Brian ---
**Author:** ![brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brianwisti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-one-on-osx/184242/2 "2010-02-27T08:19:19Z")
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Brian W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > I’m new to ruby and mac’s. I just did a one click install to a 10.4 osx > system of of Ruby O. from rubyforge, but I don’t know where it put it > or how to put it in my path (im from windows background) Any help > appreciated It looks like that installer installs in /usr/local, with the binaries in /usr/local/bin. I don’t remember for sure, but I think that should already be in your path; if not, you should add a line like this to the end of either .profile or .bashrc in your home directory: export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH Mac OS X itself comes with Ruby, although I’m not sure what version 10.4 shipped with, so you may not need to use the one-click installer at all. ---
**Author:** ![brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brianwisti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-one-on-osx/184242/3 "2010-02-27T15:57:14Z")
Eric C. wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Brian W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I’m new to ruby and mac’s. I just did a one click install to a 10.4 osx > > system of of Ruby O. from rubyforge, but I don’t know where it put it > > or how to put it in my path (im from windows background) Any help > > appreciated > > It looks like that installer installs in /usr/local, with the binaries > in /usr/local/bin. I don’t remember for sure, but I think that should > already be in your path; if not, you should add a line like this to > the end of either .profile or .bashrc in your home directory: > > export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH > > Mac OS X itself comes with Ruby, although I’m not sure what version > 10.4 shipped with, so you may not need to use the one-click installer > at all. I think that worked. 10.4 has an older ruby version, that’s why I used one click. Thanks! Brian ---
**Author:** ![brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brianwisti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-one-on-osx/184242/4 "2010-02-27T16:41:22Z")
Brian W. wrote: > Hi, > > I’m new to ruby and mac’s. I just did a one click install to a 10.4 osx > system of of Ruby O. from rubyforge, but I don’t know where it put it > or how to put it in my path (im from windows background) Any help > appreciated > > Thanks > Brian you can install ruby with macport, and you can get macport at > **[The MacPorts Project -- Home](https://www.macports.org/)** > > The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use > system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac > OS X operating system.