# Ruby setup?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup/95568>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 6, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup/95568 "2006-06-06T14:39:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mat\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mat\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mat_S)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-setup/95568/1 "2006-06-06T14:39:30Z")

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A lot of ruby packages have this setup.rb file that always generates  
output like:  
—\> bin  
\<— bin  
—\> lib  
—\> lib/rubygems  
\<— lib/rubygems  
\<— lib

But setup.rb doesn’t appear to be a rake file.

Is there some sort of autoconf for ruby that I’m not aware of?  
-Mat