thinks everyone.this right way is : sudo wget ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.bz2 sudo tar jxvf ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.bz2 cd /home/pt/ruby-1.9.2-p0 sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ruby sudo make sudo make install sudo ln -s /usr/local/ruby/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby sudo ln -s /usr/local/ruby/bin/gem /usr/bin/gem sudo gedit /etc/environment PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/ruby/bin" -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.