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Asked: 2026-06-11T17:36:42+00:00

Just got my first mac and I am trying to set up a ruby

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Just got my first mac and I am trying to set up a ruby dev environment. I have updated with XCode and Homebrew and RVM. I am trying to get RVM to install Ruby 1.9.2 but it fails.

Any ideas?

Fetching yaml-0.1.4.tar.gz to /Users/mlanza/.rvm/archives
Extracting yaml-0.1.4.tar.gz to /Users/mlanza/.rvm/src
Error running 'tar xmzf /Users/mlanza/.rvm/archives/yaml-0.1.4.tar.gz -C /Users/mlanza/.rvm/src ', please read /Users/mlanza/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.2-p320/yaml/extract.log
Configuring yaml in /Users/mlanza/.rvm/src/yaml-0.1.4.
Error running ' ./configure --prefix="/Users/mlanza/.rvm/usr"  ', please read /Users/mlanza/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.2-p320/yaml/configure.log
Compiling yaml in /Users/mlanza/.rvm/src/yaml-0.1.4.
Error running 'make ', please read /Users/mlanza/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.2-p320/yaml/make.log
Installing Ruby from source to: /Users/mlanza/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p320, this may take a while depending on your cpu(s)...

ruby-1.9.2-p320 - #downloading ruby-1.9.2-p320, this may take a while depending on your connection...
ruby-1.9.2-p320 - #extracted to /Users/mlanza/.rvm/src/ruby-1.9.2-p320 (already extracted)
ruby-1.9.2-p320 - #configuring 
Error running ' ./configure --prefix=/Users/mlanza/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p320 --enable-shared --disable-install-doc --with-libyaml --with-opt-dir=/Users/mlanza/.rvm/usr ', please read /Users/mlanza/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.2-p320/configure.log
There has been an error while running configure. Halting the installation.

I am familiar with Ubuntu and didn’t have issues there. I was expecting Macs to be a bit easier.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I ran into the same issue after upgrading to Mountain Lion. If I remember correctly it’s because the latest version of Xcode doesn’t come bundled with the command line tools anymore.

    You can still download them for free by visiting https://developer.apple.com/downloads/ and searching for Command Line Tools for Xcode 4.5 (OS X Mountain Lion). You’ll need a free developer account to access the downloads area.

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