Installation issues with Arm Mac (M1 Chip) #1853

jasonsilberman · 2020-12-22T00:35:09Z

jasonsilberman
Dec 22, 2020

Hey there!

I am trying to install Ruby 2.7.2 on my new Apple Silicon Mac but am running into some issues, which I think might be related to ruby-build, but not I am not 100%.

I have setup an alias on my ~/.zshrc for Homebrew like this:

alias ibrew="arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew"

I have run the following commands in order to install rbenv:

ibrew install rbenv

rbenv init

I have updated my .zshrc file with:

eval "$(rbenv init -)"
export RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix [email protected])"

And then I ran the following command:

rbenv install 2.7.2

I have also tried prefixing the rbenv command with arch -x86_64 but that did not work either.

These are the console logs that I am getting when I am trying to install Ruby:

Downloading ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.7/ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2
Installing ruby-2.7.2...
ruby-build: using readline from homebrew

BUILD FAILED (macOS 11.1 using ruby-build 20201221)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/z1/dm8dx54j1dlgxk4zrq__x22r0000gn/T/ruby-build.20201221160748.90156.i6p4m0
Results logged to /var/folders/z1/dm8dx54j1dlgxk4zrq__x22r0000gn/T/ruby-build.20201221160748.90156.log

Last 10 log lines:
installing default nkf libraries
compiling date_strftime.c
installing default console libraries
linking shared-object objspace.bundle
compiling date_strptime.c
linking shared-object io/nonblock.bundle
linking shared-object io/console.bundle
linking shared-object nkf.bundle
linking shared-object date_core.bundle
make: *** [build-ext] Error 2

If you have any ideas for how to make this work, please let me know!

Thanks.

TheMlok · 2020-12-22T08:19:49Z

TheMlok
Dec 22, 2020

I have the same problem, here is full log output to help you. Also on my new MacBook Pro with M1.

installing default console libraries
readline.c:1904:37: error: use of undeclared identifier 'username_completion_function'; did you mean 'rl_username_completion_function'?
                                    rl_username_completion_function);
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                    rl_username_completion_function
readline.c:79:42: note: expanded from macro 'rl_username_completion_function'
# define rl_username_completion_function username_completion_function
                                         ^
/usr/local/opt/readline/include/readline/readline.h:485:14: note: 'rl_username_completion_function' declared here
extern char *rl_username_completion_function PARAMS((const char *, int));
             ^
compiling nonblock.c
installing default nkf libraries
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [readline.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [ext/readline/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

I tried different flags and absolutely no flags, aka rbenv install 2.7.2.

Thanks for excellent work, and Merry Christmas.

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hsbt · 2020-12-24T01:11:49Z

hsbt
Dec 24, 2020
Maintainer

I only confirm to work native arm arch with M1 chip. I'm not sure what happened with the mix environment provided by Rosetta2.

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albertski · 2020-12-24T04:50:33Z

albertski
Dec 24, 2020

I'm also running into the same issue with the M1 Chip MacBook Pro and am seeing the same undeclared identifier 'username_completion_function' error as described by @TheMlok.

@hsbt I installed via brew install rbenv command. How are you working with the native arch with M1 chip?

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hsbt · 2020-12-24T04:51:43Z

hsbt
Dec 24, 2020
Maintainer

@hsbt I installed via brew install rbenv command. How are you working with the native arch with M1 chip?

Yes.

% ruby -v
ruby 2.7.2p137 (2020-10-01 revision 5445e04352) [arm64-darwin20]

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jlerpscher · 2020-12-24T14:24:42Z

jlerpscher
Dec 24, 2020

Same issue here with my new MBA M1. Tried with Homebrew and Basic GitHub Checkout.

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deepj · 2020-12-25T10:35:27Z

deepj
Dec 25, 2020

It seems you all mix readline compiled for ARM with Ruby for x64. That will never work properly. It's not good idea to mix these platforms together. Just use separated Homebrew for ARM and for x64.

@hsbt I believe the issue is in readline. ruby-build tries to use homebrew version while building.

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Charl-e · 2020-12-27T21:54:34Z

Charl-e
Dec 27, 2020

Hi! Im also trying to install Ruby.

Ive been reading your post and the following answers.
I'm a bit behind on the installation, on Homebrew, as I dont know how to create a .zshrc file in my home directory export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"
As seen on: https://github.com/mikelxc/Workarounds-for-ARM-mac
(Ive followed this steps before posting here)

Could you please advise on how to do this?
Not sure yet on how to do it, as Im fairly new to Mac.

Thanks!

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TheMlok · 2020-12-28T08:14:47Z

TheMlok
Dec 28, 2020

It seems you all mix readline compiled for ARM with Ruby for x64. That will never work properly. It's not good idea to mix these platforms together. Just use separated Homebrew for ARM and for x64.

@hsbt I believe the issue is in readline. ruby-build tries to use homebrew version while building.

Hello, please have you any rollout how to setup everything properly to the working state? I need to switch my ntb at job for a new one. I just followed guidelines. I installed homebrew with rosetta2 and then brew install rbenv.

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TheMlok · 2020-12-28T08:19:05Z

TheMlok
Dec 28, 2020

Hi! Im also trying to install Ruby.

Ive been reading your post and the following answers.
I'm a bit behind on the installation, on Homebrew, as I dont know how to create a .zshrc file in my home directory export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"
As seen on: https://github.com/mikelxc/Workarounds-for-ARM-mac
(Ive followed this steps before posting here)

Could you please advise on how to do this?
Not sure yet on how to do it, as Im fairly new to Mac.

Thanks!

Just open terminal and vim .zshrc edit the file and save :wq.

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TheMlok · 2020-12-28T08:54:00Z

TheMlok
Dec 28, 2020

I only confirm to work native arm arch with M1 chip. I'm not sure what happened with the mix environment provided by Rosetta2.

Hello, please how did you install natively? Using Homebrew or compilation, please can you give some details? I will try it. Thanks.

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TheMlok · 2020-12-28T12:24:31Z

TheMlok
Dec 28, 2020

I have the same problem, here is full log output to help you. Also on my new MacBook Pro with M1.

installing default console libraries
readline.c:1904:37: error: use of undeclared identifier 'username_completion_function'; did you mean 'rl_username_completion_function'?
                                    rl_username_completion_function);
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                    rl_username_completion_function
readline.c:79:42: note: expanded from macro 'rl_username_completion_function'
# define rl_username_completion_function username_completion_function
                                         ^
/usr/local/opt/readline/include/readline/readline.h:485:14: note: 'rl_username_completion_function' declared here
extern char *rl_username_completion_function PARAMS((const char *, int));
             ^
compiling nonblock.c
installing default nkf libraries
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [readline.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [ext/readline/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

I tried different flags and absolutely no flags, aka rbenv install 2.7.2.

Thanks for excellent work, and Merry Christmas.

I have solved it. I deleted Homebrew and install it natively for ARM, installed rbenv and symlinked into /usr/local/bin. And it is working now, thanks (just a few issues in older versions, nothing dramatic.

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albertski · 2020-12-28T14:42:56Z

albertski
Dec 28, 2020

@TheMlok How did you install Homebrew natively for ARM? When I tried, I get "Homebrew is not (yet) supported on ARM processors".

I installed Homebrew as shown here and got the errors shown above.

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tcannonfodder · 2020-12-29T03:51:08Z

tcannonfodder
Dec 29, 2020

I had some success by using the latest Homebrew install script (which adds partial support for M1), then:

Installing readline from source to verify that it works (brew install -s readline)
installing libyaml
Installing Ruby 3.0.0 (to try to reduce as many potential issues as possible)

Update: 2020-12-29: I got 2.7.2 working by:

Manually installing the Xcode command line tools from apple's developer site
rbenv install 2.7.2
gem update to update all the installed gems (fixing native extension bugs, for example with Digest`)
brew install libxml2 for nokogiri support
gem install nokogiri -- --use-system-libraries

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fabOnReact May 22, 2023

The reason you need to manually reinstall xcode command line tools is in the log of rbenv failed installation

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer), missing xcrun at: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcrun

https://stackoverflow.com/a/35034807/7295772

albertski · 2020-12-30T00:30:30Z

albertski
Dec 30, 2020

With the latest version of Homebrew I was able to install rbenv without any issues. (Also had to install openssl)

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aguynamedben · 2020-12-30T05:38:46Z

aguynamedben
Dec 30, 2020

tl;dr make sure you're using rbenv to install a recent release of Ruby, i.e. Ruby 2.7.2 instead of Ruby 2.7.1

I did this all today on a new 13" M1 MacBook Pro

Install homebrew 2.7.1 (not Ruby 2.7.1!) using the normal questionable curl method. It installs everything to /opt/homebrew as described here. The purpose of installing arm64 homebrew there seems to be to prevent confusion for some users that may also have x64 homebrew installed and running under Rosetta 2.

Make sure you add the new Homebrew binary path to your bash/zsh config

# in ~/.zshrc, ~/.bashrc, etc.
# Homebrew on the M1, where things install to /opt/homebrew
export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH

Heed @tcannonfodder's advice to manually install Xcode command line tools from Apple's site (not sure if this helped)
brew install rbenv, which worked, then followed standard instructions to update my .zshrc (no special tweaks to .zshrc)

I then noticed that rbenv install 2.7.1 was failing after waiting a bit at the ruby-build readline step:

$ rbenv install 2.7.1
Downloading ruby-2.7.1.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.7/ruby-2.7.1.tar.bz2
Installing ruby-2.7.1...
ruby-build: using readline from homebrew

BUILD FAILED (macOS 11.1 using ruby-build 20201225)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/61/3vc6t96j6qx7q9cnhl3zdgbh0000gn/T/ruby-build.20201229203606.72951.pPOy0H
Results logged to /var/folders/61/3vc6t96j6qx7q9cnhl3zdgbh0000gn/T/ruby-build.20201229203606.72951.log

Last 10 log lines:
compiling psych_to_ruby.c
compiling new.c
compiling psych_yaml_tree.c
compiling ../.././ext/psych/yaml/reader.c
compiling ../.././ext/psych/yaml/scanner.c
compiling ../.././ext/psych/yaml/writer.c
linking shared-object -test-/string.bundle
linking shared-object zlib.bundle
linking shared-object psych.bundle
make: *** [build-ext] Error 2

But following what worked for @tcannonfodder, rbenv install 2.7.2 magically worked....

$ rbenv install 2.7.2
Downloading ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.7/ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2
Installing ruby-2.7.2...
ruby-build: using readline from homebrew
Installed ruby-2.7.2 to /Users/ben/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2

$ rbenv versions
* system (set by /Users/ben/.rbenv/version)
  2.7.2

$ rbenv global 2.7.2

$ ruby --version
ruby 2.7.2p137 (2020-10-01 revision 5445e04352) [arm64-darwin20]

From there, I updated the required Ruby version in my project's Gemfile, ran bundle, and... everything did not work. I got some compilation errors from some Ruby Gems that have native dependencies—ffi, sassc, pg, and puma—but all I had to do was upgrade them to their latest version and everything worked.

$ brew install postgresql
$ bundle update ffi sassc pg puma

For what it's worth, the nvm install script worked fine, as well as nvm install stable, which installed Node v15.5.0 after 15 minutes of fun g++/c++/cc output as it compiled Node from source.

Entertainingly, as Node compiled from source and there were 4x clang instances showing in Activity Monitor at all times for 15 minutes, my computer seemed bored and everything was ⚡ fast! Yay M1.

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DuarteLucas · 2022-05-20T18:33:06Z

DuarteLucas
May 20, 2022

I tried a whole bunch of stuff and, at the end, reinstalling homebrew from souce and reinstalling rbenv did it for me. Then, $ rbenv install $VERSION, as usual. 🤪

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markcerqueira · 2022-06-15T16:27:16Z

markcerqueira
Jun 15, 2022

For installing Ruby 3.1.2 on an M1 I had to do:

LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/capstone/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/capstone/include" rbenv install 3.1.2

Source: #1933 (comment)

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mberrueta · 2022-06-28T01:15:15Z

mberrueta
Jun 28, 2022

for 2.6.9

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
echo 'eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/mberrueta/.zprofile
eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv)"

arch -x86_64 brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies   asdf
arch -x86_64 brew install asdf
arch -x86_64 brew upgrade asdf
asdf plugin add ruby https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-ruby.git
asdf plugin update ruby


arch -x86_64 brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies --force openssl
arch -x86_64 brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies  --force ruby-build
rm -rf /opt/homebrew/etc/[email protected]
arch -x86_64 brew install -s readline
arch -x86_64 brew install -s openssl
arch -x86_64 brew install -s ruby-build



export RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix [email protected])"
export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/readline/lib:$LDFLAGS"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/readline/include:$CPPFLAGS"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/readline/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
export optflags="-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"
export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib:$LDFLAGS"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/include:$CPPFLAGS"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"

asdf install ruby 2.6.9

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69012676/install-older-ruby-versions-on-a-m1-macbook/72779727#72779727

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sowenjub · 2022-07-09T19:56:00Z

sowenjub
Jul 9, 2022

Maybe this can help someone else but I simply needed to follow his https://blog.smittytone.net/2021/02/07/how-to-migrate-to-native-homebrew-on-an-m1-mac/:

re-run the Homebrew installer
replace all references of /usr/local to /opt/homebrew in my zshrc file

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jingcheng16 Aug 31, 2022

This works for me.
More context on when we might need this migration:
Do $ which brew, to see if your brew is installed in /opt/homebrew, if it output /usr/local/bin, then very likely you need a migration. Side note: I have Homebrew installed in /usr/local/bin because I have all the data transferred from my intel chip MBP to M1 MBP.

joshuaswilcox · 2023-01-31T18:06:02Z

joshuaswilcox
Jan 31, 2023

I have tried all the above and still get

To follow progress, use 'tail -f /var/folders/kb/s9fsnxcx41s0xpmstby9dszh0000gn/T/ruby-build.20230131130120.40820.log' or pass --verbose
Downloading ruby-3.0.5.tar.gz...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.0/ruby-3.0.5.tar.gz
Installing ruby-3.0.5...
ruby-build: using readline from homebrew
ruby-build: using gmp from homebrew

BUILD FAILED (macOS 13.1 using ruby-build 20230124)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/kb/s9fsnxcx41s0xpmstby9dszh0000gn/T/ruby-build.20230131130120.40820.2k1VFr
Results logged to /var/folders/kb/s9fsnxcx41s0xpmstby9dszh0000gn/T/ruby-build.20230131130120.40820.log

Last 10 log lines:
linking shared-object openssl.bundle
1 warning generated.
linking shared-object ripper.bundle
dyld[83221]: Library not loaded: /Users/josh/.rbenv/versions/3.0.5/lib/libruby.3.0.dylib
  Referenced from: <96351E05-A4F3-3561-962E-2CA326D1CDC9> /private/var/folders/kb/s9fsnxcx41s0xpmstby9dszh0000gn/T/ruby-build.20230131130120.40820.2k1VFr/ruby-3.0.5/ruby
  Reason: tried: '/Users/josh/.rbenv/versions/3.0.5/lib/libruby.3.0.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Users/josh/.rbenv/versions/3.0.5/lib/libruby.3.0.dylib' (no such file), '/Users/josh/.rbenv/versions/3.0.5/lib/libruby.3.0.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/lib/libruby.3.0.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libruby.3.0.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)
/bin/sh: line 1: 83221 Abort trap: 6           /Users/josh/.rbenv/shims/ruby --disable=gems ./tool/file2lastrev.rb -q --revision.h --srcdir="." > revision.tmp
make[2]: *** [revision.tmp] Error 134
make[1]: *** [ruby] Error 2
make: *** [build-ext] Error 2
[13:02:30] [cost 70.631s] LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/capstone/lib"  CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/capstone/include"  rbenv install 3.0.5```

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tycooon · 2023-02-14T10:41:02Z

tycooon
Feb 14, 2023

Just for the record: was able to instsall 2.7.1 with the following line in by ~/.zshrc:

export RUBY_CFLAGS="-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration -DUSE_FFI_CLOSURE_ALLOC"

Did not mess with any other env variables.

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TatianaPan · 2023-03-10T16:49:27Z

TatianaPan
Mar 10, 2023

Error I got:

readline.c:1903:37: error: use of undeclared identifier 'username_completion_function'; did you mean 'rl_username_completion_function'?
                                    rl_username_completion_function);

Successfully installed Ruby 2.7.7 and 3.2.1 with

RUBY_CFLAGS="-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"  arch -x86_64 rbenv install 2.7.7

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jeffreytinnea · 2023-03-15T22:22:07Z

jeffreytinnea
Mar 15, 2023

The -w was the secret sauce that got me past it.

OPENSSL_CFLAGS=-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration RUBY_CFLAGS="-DUSE_FFI_CLOSURE_ALLOC -w" rbenv install 2.6.6;

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bruce-glazier · 2023-07-12T14:34:41Z

bruce-glazier
Jul 12, 2023

I was only successful following the Ruby on Rails install guide for macOS 13 Ventura: https://gorails.com/setup/macos/13-ventura
I tried most of the suggestions above but using the package manager asdf just worked.

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nvbkdw · 2023-07-12T18:03:10Z

nvbkdw
Jul 12, 2023

I tried most suggestions, but none works. for me following this blog actually works for me.
https://www.moncefbelyamani.com/how-to-install-xcode-homebrew-git-rvm-ruby-on-mac/

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hkadyanji · 2023-09-26T12:39:50Z

hkadyanji
Sep 26, 2023

After trying alot of solutions, the code referred to the post below worked for me when installing ruby 2.5.9 on an M2 Macbook Air running Ventura 13.6

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
brew install rbenv
rbenv install 2.5.9

#1691 (comment)

Something to note also, is my terminal was running Rosetta 2

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reisner · 2024-01-22T20:08:18Z

reisner
Jan 22, 2024

For reference:

If your brew location is:

❯ which -a brew
/usr/local/bin/brew

and you're on an ARM mac, then you have the x86 binary installed. You can confirm with brew config:

❯ brew config
...
macOS: 13.6.3-x86_64
...

To setup the ARM binary, uninstall brew, and then reinstall brew. You can confirm you have the ARM install of brew by:

❯ which -a brew
/opt/homebrew/bin/brew

and

❯ brew config
...
macOS: 13.6.3-arm64
...

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sercanersoy · 2024-03-26T08:03:58Z

sercanersoy
Mar 26, 2024

Solution without Rosetta

This is for old versions that use [email protected]. I've installed 2.3.4:

Make sure your Xcode is up to date
Download formula for [email protected]

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rbenv/homebrew-tap/e472b7861b49cc082d1db0f66f265368da107589/Formula/openssl%401.0.rb -o [email protected]

vim [email protected] and comment out the line with system "make", "test"
brew install --formula ./[email protected]
export RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix [email protected])"
export RUBY_CFLAGS="-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"
rbenv install 2.3.4

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hsbt · 2024-03-26T10:15:39Z

hsbt
Mar 26, 2024
Maintainer

FYI: I published https://github.com/hsbt/old-ruby-build that is build script + patchsets for Apple Silicon.

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kumartushar · 2024-06-20T10:40:36Z

kumartushar
Jun 20, 2024

this worked for me on MacOs 14.4.1

RUBY_CFLAGS="-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration" RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--disable-shared" rbenv install 2.4.10

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Installation issues with Arm Mac (M1 Chip) #1853

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Solution without Rosetta

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