# What is BASERUBY?

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 30, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-baseruby/90633 "2007-03-30T16:05:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-baseruby/90633/1 "2007-03-30T16:05:39Z")

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in order to install YARV i do have to configure my sheel with BASERUBY

being my base ruby command.

does it means it is the base of ruby bin ie :

$ which ruby  
/opt/local/bin/ruby

in that case BASERUBY would be /opt/local/bin ???

or is this something else ?

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-baseruby/90633/2 "2007-03-31T18:55:52Z")

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Hi,

At Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:05:06 +0900,  
Une Bévue wrote in [ruby-talk:245997]:

> does it means it is the base of ruby bin ie :
> 
> $ which ruby  
> /opt/local/bin/ruby
> 
> in that case BASERUBY would be /opt/local/bin ???

No, it is pre-built ruby commanda. /opt/local/bin/ruby in your  
case.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-baseruby/90633/3 "2007-04-02T08:21:13Z")

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Nobuyoshi N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> No, it is pre-built ruby commanda. /opt/local/bin/ruby in your  
> case.

fine thanks !