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Asked: June 6, 20262026-06-06T15:56:35+00:00 2026-06-06T15:56:35+00:00

I am attempting to install Ruby 1.9.3 on Mac OS X Lion, same method

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I am attempting to install Ruby 1.9.3 on Mac OS X Lion, same method as I discovered here:

Basically it’s:

rvm install 1.9.3 --with-gcc=clang --with-readline-dir=$rvm_path/usr

However, this time Clang throws an error on the --with-readline-dir option:

Larson:~ andrewjl$ rvm install 1.9.3 --with-gcc=clang --with-readline-dir=$rvm_path/usr
clang: error: unsupported option '--with-readline'
clang: error: unsupported option '--with-opt-dir=/Users/andrewjl/.rvm/usr'

Is this an issue with Clang? Does anybody know how to get around this?

EDIT

After trying Shigeya’s answer I get this error:

Larson:~ andrewjl$ rvm install 1.9.3-p125 --patch xcode-debugopt-fix-r34840.diff --with-readline-dir=$rvm_path/usr --with-openssl-dir=$rvm_path/usr --with-tcl-lib=/usr --with-tk-lib=/usr
Installing Ruby from source to: /Users/andrewjl/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125, this may take a while depending on your cpu(s)...

ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #fetching 
ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #downloading ruby-1.9.3-p125, this may take a while depending on your connection...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 9505k  100 9505k    0     0  52267      0  0:03:06  0:03:06 --:--:-- 50727
ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #extracting ruby-1.9.3-p125 to /Users/andrewjl/.rvm/src/ruby-1.9.3-p125
ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #extracted to /Users/andrewjl/.rvm/src/ruby-1.9.3-p125
Applying patch 'xcode-debugopt-fix-r34840.diff' (located at /Users/andrewjl/.rvm/patches/ruby/1.9.3/p125/xcode-debugopt-fix-r34840.diff)
ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #autoreconf
Error running 'autoreconf', please read /Users/andrewjl/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.3-p125/autoreconf.log
ruby-1.9.3-p125 - #configuring 
Error running ' ./configure --prefix=/Users/andrewjl/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125 --enable-shared --disable-install-doc --with-readline --with-opt-dir=/Users/andrewjl/.rvm/usr --with-openssl --with-tcl-lib=/usr --with-tk-lib=/usr --with-libyaml --with-gcc=clang ', please read /Users/andrewjl/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.3-p125/configure.log
There has been an error while running configure. Halting the installation.

Here’s the log file error:

/usr/local/include/fuse/fuse_compat.h:69:10: fatal error: 'sys/statfs.h' file not found
#include <sys/statfs.h>
         ^
clang: error: unable to execute command: Broken pipe: 13
clang: error: clang frontend command failed due to signal 2 (use -v to see invocation)
clang: note: diagnostic msg: Please submit a bug report to http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/ and include command line arguments and all diagnostic information.
clang: note: diagnostic msg: Error generating preprocessed source(s).
yes
checking for strip... strip
checking for prefix of external symbols... _
checking pthread.h usability... yes
checking pthread.h presence... yes
checking for pthread.h... yes
checking for if make is GNU make... yes
checking for nroff... /usr/bin/nroff
.ext/include/x86_64-darwin11.4.0/ruby/config.h updated
ruby library version = 1.9.1
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-readline, --with-openssl, --with-tcl-lib, --with-tk-lib, --with-libyaml
In file included from <built-in>:143:
In file included from <command line>:1:
In file included from /usr/local/include/fuse/fuse.h:26:
/usr/local/include/fuse/fuse_common.h:32:2: error: #error Please add -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 to your compile flags!
#error Please add -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 to your compile flags!
 ^
In file included from <built-in>:143:
In file included from <command line>:1:
In file included from /usr/local/include/fuse/fuse.h:857:
/usr/local/include/fuse/fuse_compat.h:69:10: fatal error: 'sys/statfs.h' file not found
#include <sys/statfs.h>
         ^
clang: error: unable to execute command: Broken pipe: 13
clang: error: clang frontend command failed due to signal 2 (use -v to see invocation)
clang: note: diagnostic msg: Please submit a bug report to http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/ and include command line arguments and all diagnostic information.
clang: note: diagnostic msg: Error generating preprocessed source(s).
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-readline, --with-openssl, --with-tcl-lib, --with-tk-lib, --with-libyaml
config.status: creating ruby-1.9.pc
./configure: line 18932: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./configure: line 18932: `      sed 's/{\$([^(){}]*)[^{}]*}//g' ${srcdir}/common.mk'
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    2026-06-06T15:56:37+00:00Added an answer on June 6, 2026 at 3:56 pm

    Refer to this answer.

    Even though both ruby-1.9.3-p125 and ruby-1.9.3-p194 some support for clang, installing Ruby with clang is generally not recommended.

    (Note: I had to accept edit proposal first, then edit. Thank you very much for contribution.)

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