# Using ruby from svn

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-from-svn/146536>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-from-svn/146536 "2008-08-22T05:29:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-from-svn/146536/1 "2008-08-22T05:29:06Z")

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I once built ruby 1.X from source and worked out that I needed to  
“point it” to where my distribution puts stuff like the gems. Are  
there any general recommendations for this case? If I am building 1.9  
from svn would it be necessary to build gems or anything else too?

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**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-from-svn/146536/2 "2008-08-22T09:56:31Z")

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In article  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid),  
john maclean [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> there any general recommendations for this case? If I am building 1.9  
> from svn would it be necessary to build gems or anything else too?

No, rubygems has been included in the 1.9 trunk for quite a while now.