# Ruby Interpreter on OSX 10.4.7 within Eclipse

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-interpreter-on-osx-10-4-7-within-eclipse/34130>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [1 January 2007 00:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-interpreter-on-osx-10-4-7-within-eclipse/34130 "2007-01-01T00:00:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![jpshahom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jpshahom](https://rubytalk.org/u/jpshahom)\
**Post date:** [1 January 2007 00:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-interpreter-on-osx-10-4-7-within-eclipse/34130/1 "2007-01-01T00:00:15Z")

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Learning Ruby and working in the Eclipse IDE - which I use for Java  
programming - what interpreter would you recommend using and where can  
I find it?  
Any help would be appreciated.  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![naPOLeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@naPOLeon](https://rubytalk.org/u/naPOLeon)\
**Post date:** [1 January 2007 18:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-interpreter-on-osx-10-4-7-within-eclipse/34130/2 "2007-01-01T18:50:06Z")

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If I understand you right, you are looking for an Eclipse-plugin?!

In this case you should give RadRails a try (\<a  
href="[http://www.radrails.org/](http://www.radrails.org/)"\>RadRails-Website\</a\>). You get a  
Rails-framework and a Ruby-IDE too. I recommend to use the integrated  
updater in Eclipse (Help -\> Software Updates -\> Finf and Install).

As you are using MacOS, I hope you already came across \<a  
href="[http://www.macromates.com/](http://www.macromates.com/)"\>TextMate\</a\>, the best editor on  
earth and \*the\* killer-app of MacOS. It's a texteditor on steroids, and  
in my oppinion far better than RadRails.

Hope that helps,  
napoleon

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**Author:** ![naPOLeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@naPOLeon](https://rubytalk.org/u/naPOLeon)\
**Post date:** [1 January 2007 18:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-interpreter-on-osx-10-4-7-within-eclipse/34130/3 "2007-01-01T18:50:07Z")

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If I understand you right, you are looking for an Eclipse-plugin?!

In this case you should give RadRails a try (\<a  
href="[http://www.radrails.org/](http://www.radrails.org/)"\>RadRails-Website\</a\>). You get a  
Rails-framework and a Ruby-IDE too. I recommend to use the integrated  
updater in Eclipse (Help -\> Software Updates -\> Finf and Install).

As you are using MacOS, I hope you already came across \<a  
href="[http://www.macromates.com/](http://www.macromates.com/)"\>TextMate\</a\>, the best editor on  
earth and \*the\* killer-app of MacOS. It's a texteditor on steroids, and  
in my oppinion far better than RadRails.

Hope that helps,  
napoleon

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**Author:** ![jpshahom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jpshahom](https://rubytalk.org/u/jpshahom)\
**Post date:** [2 January 2007 00:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-interpreter-on-osx-10-4-7-within-eclipse/34130/4 "2007-01-02T00:50:14Z")

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Napoleon,

I'm not clear, i just want to get the interpreter to run in Eclipse for  
now to get started with Ruby within Eclipse (I may change my mind later  
on and go to RadRails).  
When I go through the Eclipse help, the message I get has to do with  
some 'site stream failing'.  
Is there a plug-in interpreter somewhere I could get hold of?  
Thanks.  
Jean-Pierre

naPOLeon wrote:

> **···**
>
> > If I understand you right, you are looking for an Eclipse-plugin?!
> > 
> > In this case you should give RadRails a try (\<a  
> > href="[http://www.radrails.org/&quot;&gt;RadRails\-Website&lt;/a&gt;\](http://www.radrails.org/&quot;&gt;RadRails%5C-Website&lt;/a&gt;%5C)). You get a  
> > Rails-framework and a Ruby-IDE too. I recommend to use the integrated  
> > updater in Eclipse (Help -\> Software Updates -\> Finf and Install).
> > 
> > As you are using MacOS, I hope you already came across \<a  
> > href="[http://www.macromates.com/&quot;&gt;TextMate&lt;/a&gt;](http://www.macromates.com/&quot;&gt;TextMate&lt;/a&gt;), the best editor on  
> > earth and \*the\* killer-app of MacOS. It's a texteditor on steroids, and  
> > in my oppinion far better than RadRails.
> > 
> > Hope that helps,  
> > napoleon