# Ruby without installation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-without-installation/117580>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 18, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-without-installation/117580 "2007-10-18T08:00:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-without-installation/117580/1 "2007-10-18T08:00:56Z")

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Hi!  
I today make som scripts in Perl, it have the advantage it is  
installed everyware  
and i not allowed to install stuff, eg Ruby but i have full acces to  
my userarea.

I time ago i so LispInABox witch was LISP and EMACS and everyting  
arounf  
needed, just unzip the catalog and use it…

I like to find equal stuff for Ruby, does anyone know if this exits

Best regards  
Anders

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-without-installation/117580/2 "2007-10-18T09:08:12Z")

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On Oct 17, 2007, at 23:00 , anders wrote:

> I like to find equal stuff for Ruby, does anyone know if this exits  
> download a ruby tarball, extract it, then cd into the directory it  
> created then:

./configure --prefix=~/ruby  
make  
make install  
~/ruby/bin/ruby -v

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-without-installation/117580/3 "2007-10-18T15:24:00Z")

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On 10/18/07, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ./configure --prefix=~/ruby  
> make  
> make install  
> ~/ruby/bin/ruby -v

I sometimes follow this method even for machines that I do have  
administrative control of. If the machines have Java installed, JRuby  
may be another option:  
\> java -jar ~/jruby-complete.jar -v  
ruby 1.8.5 (2007-09-25 rev 3876) [i386-jruby1.1]