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How to Fix the “No Binary Rubies Available for: ruby-3” Error on Apple Silicon Mac

A Quick Workaround to Save You Some Headache

mim Armand

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If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve encountered the infamous error message:

No binary rubies available for: ruby-3

I recently faced this issue while setting up my Flutter development environment on a new MacBook Pro with the Apple Silicon (M series) chip. Here’s a short and sweet guide to help you avoid the hours of frustration I endured.

The Setup

While running flutter doctor, I discovered I needed to install or update CocoaPods. However, every attempt to fix one issue led to another. Eventually, I realized I had to install Ruby version 3.x to resolve the chain of problems.

I decided to use RVM (Ruby Version Manager) to handle the Ruby installation. That’s when the real challenge began.

The Problem

Trying to install Ruby 3.x on a MacBook with Apple Silicon using RVM fails. Digging into the logs, I discovered the culprit: Ruby…

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mim Armand
mim Armand

Written by mim Armand

Sr Solutions Architect / Technology evangelist and Consultant / Teacher of the Full-Stack Web development courses at Washington University in st. Louis

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