On Aug 20, 1:51 ¨Âí¬ Áøåì Åôúïìä ¼ÁÅôú®®®Àçíø®äå¾ ÷òïôåº > root@alecrim:/usr/local/jruby-1.1.3/bin# ./jgem /usr/local/profligacy*gem > /usr/bin/env: jruby: No such file or directory This means that env can't find jruby. You're likely to have problems with all scripts that you try to run without specifying jruby first. I recommend putting jruby in your path so that env can find it.