Ensure you have the following programs and libraries installed. Also see the subsections below for special requirements for your particular operating system.
The following are suggestions for getting more information about the programs and libraries needed to build Rubinius. Your operating system or package manager may have other packages available.
[sudo] gem install rake
The easiest way to get a build environment on Apple OS X is to install the XCode Tools and Utilities. Once installed, you can enable developer mode crash reporting at: /Developer/Applications/Utilities/CrashReporterPrefs.app