# Ruby without installation

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-without-installation/41466>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [18 October 2007 06:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-without-installation/41466 "2007-10-18T06:00:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![anders1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@anders1](https://rubytalk.org/u/anders1)\
**Post date:** [18 October 2007 06:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-without-installation/41466/1 "2007-10-18T06:00:03Z")

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Hi!  
I today make som scripts in Perl, it have the advantage it is  
installed everyware  
and i not allowed to install stuff, eg Ruby but i have full acces to  
my userarea.

I time ago i so LispInABox witch was LISP and EMACS and everyting  
arounf  
needed, just unzip the catalog and use it...

I like to find equal stuff for Ruby, does anyone know if this exits

Best regards  
Anders

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Hodel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@Eric\_Hodel1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Eric_Hodel1)\
**Post date:** [18 October 2007 07:07 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-without-installation/41466/2 "2007-10-18T07:07:46Z")

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download a ruby tarball, extract it, then cd into the directory it created then:

./configure --prefix=~/ruby  
make  
make install  
~/ruby/bin/ruby -v

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> On Oct 17, 2007, at 23:00 , anders wrote:
> 
> > Hi!  
> > I today make som scripts in Perl, it have the advantage it is  
> > installed everyware  
> > and i not allowed to install stuff, eg Ruby but i have full acces to  
> > my userarea.
> > 
> > I time ago i so LispInABox witch was LISP and EMACS and everyting  
> > arounf  
> > needed, just unzip the catalog and use it...
> > 
> > I like to find equal stuff for Ruby, does anyone know if this exits
> 
> --  
> Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The  
> best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars

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**Author:** ![Brabuhr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Brabuhr](https://rubytalk.org/u/Brabuhr)\
**Post date:** [18 October 2007 13:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ruby-without-installation/41466/3 "2007-10-18T13:22:12Z")

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> \> I today make som scripts in Perl, it have the advantage it is  
> \> installed everyware  
> \> and i not allowed to install stuff, eg Ruby but i have full acces to  
> \> my userarea.  
> \>
> 
> download a ruby tarball, extract it, then cd into the directory it  
> created then:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=~/ruby  
> make  
> make install  
> ~/ruby/bin/ruby -v

I sometimes follow this method even for machines that I do have  
administrative control of. If the machines have Java installed, JRuby  
may be another option:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\> java -jar ~/jruby-complete.jar -v  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ruby 1.8.5 (2007-09-25 rev 3876) [i386-jruby1.1]

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> On 10/18/07, Eric Hodel \<drbrain@segment7.net\> wrote:
> 
> > On Oct 17, 2007, at 23:00 , anders wrote: