# Ruby Size

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-size/94293>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 28, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-size/94293 "2006-04-28T00:52:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![kuppas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@kuppas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kuppas)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-size/94293/1 "2006-04-28T00:52:46Z")

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What would be the smallest ruby size?

While building the ruby, a miniruby also build and it’s size is 1.6MB?  
Can we build a ruby less than 1 MB?

-Kuppa

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**Author:** ![kuppas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@kuppas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kuppas)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-size/94293/2 "2006-04-28T04:24:25Z")

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Hi,

kuppas kuppa [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes:

> What would be the smallest ruby size?
> 
> While building the ruby, a miniruby also build and it’s size is 1.6MB?  
> Can we build a ruby less than 1 MB?

% ls -sh miniruby  
1.8M miniruby  
% strip miniruby  
% ls -sh miniruby  
676K miniruby  
% ./miniruby -v  
ruby 1.8.4 (2006-04-28) [i686-linux]

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**Author:** ![kuppas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@kuppas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kuppas)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-size/94293/3 "2006-04-28T23:33:23Z")

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Thanks for the tip and appreciate your help.

I have couple of more question.

1. Is miniruby self-contained? (Is depend on any other  
files/libraries?)
2. I am not sure, this is the right place to ask. Is mini ruby sufficent  
to run the ruby-on-rails?

Thanks,  
-Kuppa

WATANABE Hirofumi wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> kuppas kuppa [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes:
> 
> > What would be the smallest ruby size?
> > 
> > While building the ruby, a miniruby also build and it’s size is 1.6MB?  
> > Can we build a ruby less than 1 MB?
> 
> % ls -sh miniruby  
> 1.8M miniruby  
> % strip miniruby  
> % ls -sh miniruby  
> 676K miniruby  
> % ./miniruby -v  
> ruby 1.8.4 (2006-04-28) [i686-linux]

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**Author:** ![kuppas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@kuppas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kuppas)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-size/94293/4 "2006-04-29T03:47:18Z")

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On 4/28/06, kuppas kuppa [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Thanks for the tip and appreciate your help.
> 
> I have couple of more question.
> 
> 1. Is miniruby self-contained? (Is depend on any other  
> files/libraries?)

Assuming you’re running Linux…  
$ ldd miniruby  
will tell you if it’s depending on any shared libraries.

> 1. I am not sure, this is the right place to ask. Is mini ruby sufficent  
> to run the ruby-on-rails?

I doubt it.