Install Ruby 2.0.0 on an old Mac OS 10.7.5 Lion

Question

I have tried to upgrade the Ruby version on an old Mac I got, but without any success.

I know its possible because of this guy here asking how to upgrade from 2.2

Here is what I entered in the Terminal:

rvm install 2.0.0

Result:

Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time.
No binary rubies available for: osx/10.7/x86_64/ruby-2.0.0-p648.
Continuing with compilation. Please read 'rvm help mount' to get more information on binary rubies.
Checking requirements for osx.
Installing requirements for osx.
Updating system................
Installing required packages: coreutils.....There were package installation errors, make sure to read the log.

Try `brew tap --repair` and make sure `brew doctor` looks reasonable.

Check Homebrew requirements https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/wiki/Installation
...
Error running 'requirements_osx_brew_libs_install coreutils',
please read /Users/DAN26/.rvm/log/1503823469_ruby-2.0.0-p648/package_install_coreutils.log
Requirements installation failed with status: 1.

Seems like "coreutils" is missing so I manage to install it by my self, however without success:

brew install coreutils

==> Downloading https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.27.tar.xz
Already downloaded: /Users/DAN26/Library/Caches/Homebrew/coreutils-8.27.tar.xz
==> Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macports/macports-ports/61f1b0d/sysutils/coreutils/f
Already downloaded: /Users/DAN26/Library/Caches/Homebrew/coreutils--patch-df9bedeae2ca6d335147b5b4c3f19db2f36ff8c84973fd15fe1697de70538247.diff
==> Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macports/macports-ports/61f1b0d/sysutils/coreutils/f
Already downloaded: /Users/DAN26/Library/Caches/Homebrew/coreutils--patch-f7e2b21f04085f589c3d10c2f6ac5a4185e2b907e8bdb5bb6e4f93888d7ab546.diff
==> Patching
==> Applying patch-m4_gnulib-comp.m4-add-renameat.diff
patching file m4/gnulib-comp.m4
==> Applying patch-lib_gnulib.mk-add-renameat.c.diff
patching file lib/gnulib.mk
==> Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macports/macports-ports/61f1b0d/sysutils/coreutils/f
Already downloaded: /Users/DAN26/Library/Caches/Homebrew/coreutils--renameat_c-8.27.c
==> Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macports/macports-ports/61f1b0d/sysutils/coreutils/f
Already downloaded: /Users/DAN26/Library/Caches/Homebrew/coreutils--renameat_m4-8.27.m4
==> autoreconf -fiv
==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27 --program-prefix=g --without-gmp
==> make install
Last 15 lines from /Users/DAN26/Library/Logs/Homebrew/coreutils/03.make:
  src/ginstall -c src/truncate '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gtruncate'
  src/ginstall -c src/tsort '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gtsort'
  src/ginstall -c src/tty '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gtty'
  src/ginstall -c src/uname '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./guname'
  src/ginstall -c src/unexpand '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gunexpand'
  src/ginstall -c src/uniq '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./guniq'
  src/ginstall -c src/unlink '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gunlink'
  src/ginstall -c src/vdir '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gvdir'
  src/ginstall -c src/wc '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gwc'
  src/ginstall -c src/whoami '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gwhoami'
  src/ginstall -c src/yes '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin/./gyes'
  src/ginstall -c src/ginstall '/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.27/bin'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 2

Do not report this issue to Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/core!


Error: You are using macOS 10.7.
We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version.
You may encounter build failures or other breakages.
Please create pull-requests instead of filing issues.

Also I have tried to follow the steps for installing coreutils from source by this comment

wget https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-8.25.tar.xz
tar xJf coreutils-8.25.tar.xz
cd coreutils-8.25/
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

But after that retry to install Ruby 2.0.0 fail again for the same reason.

Can someone please help me to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Homebrew doesn’t support macOS 10.7. You can use Tigerbrew, a fork of Homebrew "that adds support for PowerPC Macs, and Macs running Tiger or Leopard" (quoting its homepage).