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ma11hew28
ma11hew28

Reputation: 126417

Install Ruby with Mountain Lion, Xcode 4.5, and RVM?

rvm install 1.9.3 --with-gcc=clang (as suggested by Can't install Ruby under Lion with RVM – GCC issues) doesn't work because neither Mac OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) nor Xcode 4.5 comes with clang.

Is it possible to compile Ruby with llvm?

According to Matthias Schmidt's "How to install Ruby 1.9.3 on Mac OS X with LLVM and rbenv", Ruby is now fully compatible with LLVM.

But, I still get: error: C compiler cannot create executables

UPDATE:

Actually, I found clang here /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang (thanks to the Node.js Installation Wiki). I just didn't have clang in my path.

So, if I add clang to my path, is rvm install 1.9.3 --with-gcc=clang sufficient?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 4054

Answers (3)

ExiRe
ExiRe

Reputation: 4767

From RVM notes:

Homebrew:

If you are using Homebrew, you can install the apple-gcc42 and required libraries from homebrew/dupes:

  brew update
  brew tap homebrew/dupes
  brew install autoconf automake apple-gcc42
  rvm pkg install openssl

This can live side by side with an existing Xcode 4.2+ install or Command Line Tools for Xcode.

osx-gcc-installer:

If you don't use Homebrew, you can download and install osx-gcc-installer:
https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer.

Hope it will help you.

Upvotes: 12

Jeremy Iglehart
Jeremy Iglehart

Reputation: 4479

I used this: http://railsinstaller.org/mac - and it was a BREEZE. Also I like the sublime text editor, found that through this resource... Maybe I'll say goodbye to macvim! Imagine that.

Upvotes: 0

mpapis
mpapis

Reputation: 53158

no, ruby is not fully compatible with llvm, there is at least one issue with Fibers and other issues might occur if version of llvm changes.

Ruby works best with gcc-4.2, rvm provides information how to get it (+other important stuff):

rvm requirements

Upvotes: 3

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