# Rvm install 1.9.2-head -- errors while running make

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**Created:** [18 February 2011 10:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rvm-install-1-9-2-head-errors-while-running-make/61862 "2011-02-18T10:25:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jared\_Miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@Jared\_Miller](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jared_Miller)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2011 10:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rvm-install-1-9-2-head-errors-while-running-make/61862/1 "2011-02-18T10:25:56Z")

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I'm attemping to install Ruby on Ubuntu 10.04.

shmup@cantcode:~$ rvm install 1.9.2-head  
Installing Ruby from source to: /home/shmup/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-head,  
this may take a while depending on your cpu(s)...

ruby-1.9.2-head - #fetching  
From [https://github.com/ruby/ruby](https://github.com/ruby/ruby)  
\* branch ruby\_1\_9\_2 -\> FETCH\_HEAD  
Already up-to-date.  
Copying from repo to src path...  
Running autoconf  
ruby-1.9.2-head - #configuring  
ruby-1.9.2-head - #compiling  
ERROR: Error running 'make ', please read  
/home/shmup/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.2-head/make.log  
ERROR: There has been an error while running make. Halting the  
installation.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Hickman2](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/peter_hickman2/32/1832_2.png) [@Peter\_Hickman2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Peter_Hickman2)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2011 11:08 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rvm-install-1-9-2-head-errors-while-running-make/61862/2 "2011-02-18T11:08:37Z")

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So just what does it way in /home/shmup/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.2-head/make.log?

Or do you expect us to hack into you computer to find out for ourselves 🙂

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**Author:** ![Jared\_Miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@Jared\_Miller](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jared_Miller)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2011 18:29 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rvm-install-1-9-2-head-errors-while-running-make/61862/3 "2011-02-18T18:29:04Z")

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Ahh haha, sorry Peter. It was 5:30a when I typed that, and was already tired  
as hell.:

[http://pastie.org/1579683](http://pastie.org/1579683)

\<[http://pastie.org/1579683&gt;\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-](http://pastie.org/1579683&gt;%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-%5C-)

[2011-02-18 05:12:51] make  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o main.o -c  
main.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o dln.o -c  
dln.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o dmydln.o -c  
dmydln.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o dmyencoding.o  
-c dmyencoding.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o version.o -c  
version.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o dmyversion.o  
-c dmyversion.c  
echo executable host ruby is required. use --with-baseruby option.; false  
-I. ./tool/compile\_prelude.rb ./prelude.rb miniprelude.c  
executable host ruby is required. use --with-baseruby option.  
make: \*\*\* [miniprelude.c] Error 1  
[2011-02-18 05:20:18] make  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o main.o -c  
main.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o dln.o -c  
dln.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o dmydln.o -c  
dmydln.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o dmyencoding.o  
-c dmyencoding.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o version.o -c  
version.c  
gcc -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith  
-Wwrite-strings -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-long-long -fPIC -I.  
-I.ext/include/x86\_64-linux -I./include -I. -DRUBY\_EXPORT -o dmyversion.o  
-c dmyversion.c  
echo executable host ruby is required. use --with-baseruby option.; false  
-I. ./tool/compile\_prelude.rb ./prelude.rb miniprelude.c  
executable host ruby is required. use --with-baseruby option.  
make: \*\*\* [miniprelude.c] Error 1

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> Jared Miller
> 
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:08 AM, Peter Hickman \< peterhickman386@googlemail.com\> wrote:
> 
> > So just what does it way in /home/shmup/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.2-head/make.log?
> > 
> > Or do you expect us to hack into you computer to find out for ourselves 🙂