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Ruby

Posted by Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

Trying to download Ruby for mac

Im trying to download Ruby for mac, and I reach the point of $ rvm install 2.0.0 in the terminal and i get a error saying "Requirements installation failed with status: 1." This is really confusing process and often find myself crossing my finger hoping for things to work. Not sure if this is clear enough, but does anyone know what the problem is?

4 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Try using this command sudo \curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

this is the error i get when i tried that... "Error running 'requirements_osx_brew_update_system ruby-2.0.0-p247',"

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Looks like you are missing some dependencies. Try installing them.

brew install autoconf
brew install automake
brew install libtool
brew install apple-gcc42
brew install libyaml
brew install libxslt
brew install libksba
brew install openssl
Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

im still getting the error message could it be because of my xcode ..."Warning: Your Xcode (3.2.6) is outdated Please install Xcode 5.0." ?

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

yep it works now, i just had to update my xcode. Thank you guys for the help!

Christopher Peters
Christopher Peters
1,927 Points
Christopher Peters
Christopher Peters
1,927 Points

Trent Burkenpas, give this a try rvm install ruby-2.0.0-p0. Keep in mind that if you're following along with a project, you'll want to make sure you have the same version of Ruby that the teacher uses. So instead it may look something like rvm install ruby-2.0.0-p247. The numbers after the p specify which patch of a version you'd like to use. It's kind of like a "sub-version." Hope this helps!

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

yeah so i tried that too, its not working. I must of made a mistake earlier in the process

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points
Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

ok so should i try rvm install ruby-1.9.3-p0?

Armando Amador
Armando Amador
6,813 Points
Armando Amador
Armando Amador
6,813 Points

Hey Trent,

I understand the frustration. Try following the instructions on the link provided.

http://www.moncefbelyamani.com/how-to-install-xcode-homebrew-git-rvm-ruby-on-mac/