# I can't install ruby on rails on my mac - Sorry I know it's been posted 1 million times before

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**Created:** [June 13, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-install-ruby-on-rails-on-my-mac-sorry-i-know-its-been-posted-1-million-times-before/64180 "2012-06-13T12:16:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frederick\_Cheung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/frederick_cheung/32/3901_2.png) [@Frederick\_Cheung](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Frederick_Cheung)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/i-cant-install-ruby-on-rails-on-my-mac-sorry-i-know-its-been-posted-1-million-times-before/64180/1 "2012-06-13T12:16:41Z")

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> Also I have xcode downloaded and everything else that is required :S

You have to install the command line tools separately these days (there's a 'downloads' section in Xcode where you can do that), but...

> This is the guide i've been following:
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> [Dan Benjamin](http://hivelogic.com/articles/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger/)

That tutorial is 7 years old. The entire thing is pretty much out of date. Your mac already has a newer version of ruby installed, pretty much no-one uses lighttpd or fastcgi any more (at least not for development) etc.

Fred