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Ruby

Jenny Swift
Jenny Swift
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Posted by Jenny Swift
Jenny Swift
21,999 Points

Trouble Installing ruby on Mac

Hi, I'm trying to follow this tutorial. http://teamtreehouse.com/library/installing-a-ruby-development-environment/installing-a-ruby-development-environment/installing-ruby-on-mac When I do what Jason does at 00:45 and paste it into Terminal I get the following: -bash: $: command not found What should I do please?

Jenny Swift
Jenny Swift
21,999 Points
Jenny Swift
Jenny Swift
21,999 Points

I have since installed the Treehouse VM, so I don't think I actually need to do this anymore, although I still don't understand what went wrong here.

2 Answers

Gregory Benner
Gregory Benner
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Gregory Benner
Gregory Benner
5,732 Points

Try typing "Git" and hitting enter, if you get an error you probably need to go to the app store on mac, and download xCode, once downloaded (it's over 1 GB) you need to find install command line tools inside of xCode. The rest of the steps should work now.

Jenny Swift
Jenny Swift
21,999 Points
Jenny Swift
Jenny Swift
21,999 Points

Hi Gregory, thanks for the reply. I downloaded xCode and installed the command line tools from its preferences. But when I try the steps again I still get the same message (-bash: $: command not found). When I type in Git it doesn't look like I get an error.