# Status ruby 1.9 rails or 1.8 w/oniguruma

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-ruby-1-9-rails-or-1-8-w-oniguruma/135904>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 26, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-ruby-1-9-rails-or-1-8-w-oniguruma/135904 "2008-04-26T01:13:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-ruby-1-9-rails-or-1-8-w-oniguruma/135904/1 "2008-04-26T01:13:12Z")

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what is the official status on v1.9 with rails or how to get vy.n to  
work w/oniguruma?

plz provide a good spot to track dependencies as there doesnt seem to  
be a definitive answer

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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-ruby-1-9-rails-or-1-8-w-oniguruma/135904/2 "2008-04-26T01:37:44Z")

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whoops that was typed on my phone, vy.n = v1.8 …

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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-ruby-1-9-rails-or-1-8-w-oniguruma/135904/3 "2008-04-26T16:43:31Z")

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On Apr 25, 2008, at 19:12 PM, jOhn wrote:

> what is the official status on v1.9 with rails or how to get v[1.8] to  
> work w/oniguruma?

For 1.8:

a) install the oniguruma C library.  
b) gem install oniguruma  
c) require ‘oniguruma’

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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-ruby-1-9-rails-or-1-8-w-oniguruma/135904/4 "2008-04-26T19:37:49Z")

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Eric H. wrote:

> c) require ‘oniguruma’  
> Also worth mentioning JRuby 1.1.x is compatible with 1.8 and ships with  
> an oniguruma port as the default regexp.

- Charlie

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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-ruby-1-9-rails-or-1-8-w-oniguruma/135904/5 "2008-04-26T20:27:44Z")

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ok but i asked b/c onig fails to compile on ubuntu via gem install, so  
it is broken but ill follow some workarounds.