From: Saji Hameed Date: 2012-04-04T10:52:27+09:00 Subject: Re: Can someone throw me a bone Hi Bob, You could give the one-click installer for OSX a try.. http://rubyosx.rubyforge.org/ > Per the error message I received when the install failed, I have > attempted to read the two logs (configure and make) by pasting the > following in bash: > > /Users/bobbaird001/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.3-p125/yaml/configure.log > > However, it tells me I don't have permissions (heck it is my mac and I > am bobbaird001 :-) You need to specify a text editor before that line, for example (using vi) - otherwise the systems thinks that you are trying to execute that file (which may not have executable permissions) vi /Users/bobbaird001/.rvm/log/ruby-1.9.3-p125/yaml/configure.log hope it helps! saji -- Saji N Hameed, ARC-ENV, Center for Advanced Information Science and Technology, University of Aizu, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan Tel: +81242 37-2736 Fax:+81242 37-2760  email: saji@u-aizu.ac.jp  url: http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp  bib: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9188-2009