Installing AutoTools-based MacRuby

Important: these instructions only apply to MacRuby 0.2 or below. For versions after 0.2, please refer to InstallingMacRuby.

To install MacRuby 0.2 or below, please enter the following lines in the source directory.

$ autoconf 
$ ./configure --enable-framework --enable-fat-binary --program-prefix=mac 
$ make 
$ sudo make install

This will build and install MacRuby as a framework and universal binary (for both Intel and PPC architectures).

All executable names will be prefixed by "mac" and available in /usr/local/bin. For example, to call irb:

$ /usr/local/bin/macirb