# \[ANN\] One-Click Installer 182-14 Final -- Happy New Year! **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [1 January 2005 10:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560 "2005-01-01T10:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mark\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mark\_Smith](https://rubytalk.org/u/Mark_Smith)\ **Post date:** [6 January 2005 04:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/21 "2005-01-06T04:46:30Z")
Johan Nilsson said the following on 1/5/2005 2:08 AM: > Still doesn't work. I've sent you the path in a separate e-mail. > > (Sorry about the earlier multiple postings. My news server originally rejected them, but seem to have kept them in some kind of queue anyway.) Johan, if you are on Windows XP, right click on My Computer and select Properties. Click the Advanced tab and the Environment Variables button. Edit the 'Path' by adding c:\ruby\bin (if that's where you have it). Edit PATHEXT by adding ;.rb;.rbw It's only a work-around, but it got me the behavior I was used to prior to the latest one-click installer. To Curt, THANK YOU for maintaining this valuable service! > **···** > > -- > Regards, > > # Mark Smith mailto:mas.lists[at]cox.net > > # A: Yes. \>Q: Are you sure? \>\>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. \>\>\>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? ---
**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\ **Post date:** [6 January 2005 14:16 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/22 "2005-01-06T14:16:13Z")
Mark Smith wrote: > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:47 PM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Installer 182-14 Final -- Happy New Year! > > Johan Nilsson said the following on 1/5/2005 2:08 AM: > \> > \> Still doesn't work. I've sent you the path in a separate e-mail. > \> > \> (Sorry about the earlier multiple postings. My news server originally > \> rejected them, but seem to have kept them in some kind of queue anyway.) > \> > > Johan, if you are on Windows XP, right click on My Computer and select > Properties. Click the Advanced tab and the Environment Variables button. > Edit the 'Path' by adding c:\ruby\bin (if that's where you have it). > Edit PATHEXT by adding ;.rb;.rbw > > It's only a work-around, but it got me the behavior I was used to prior > to the latest one-click installer. So Mark, are you saying that you are also not getting your path set to include \\bin? If so, ca you also email me your system and user path setting. I need to be able to duplicate this problem. Since only two out of a thousand downloaders have reported this, its definitely an isolated (but very strange) problem and I'd like to get to the bottom of it. > To Curt, THANK YOU for maintaining this valuable service! Your welcome (and thanks for the compliment)! Curt ---
**Author:** ![Johan\_Nilsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Johan\_Nilsson](https://rubytalk.org/u/Johan_Nilsson)\ **Post date:** [11 January 2005 14:21 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/23 "2005-01-11T14:21:19Z")
"Mark Smith" \ wrote in message news:ho3Dd.78962$Ix2.28425@okepread02... > Johan Nilsson said the following on 1/5/2005 2:08 AM: > > > Still doesn't work. I've sent you the path in a separate e-mail. > > > > (Sorry about the earlier multiple postings. My news server originally rejected them, but seem to have kept them in some kind of queue anyway.) > > Johan, if you are on Windows XP, right click on My Computer and select Properties. Click the Advanced tab and the Environment Variables button. Edit the 'Path' by adding c:\ruby\bin (if that's where you have it). Edit PATHEXT by adding ;.rb;.rbw Oh, that's what I've already done. The PATHEXT stuff I can live without - writing the extra ".rb" is fine with me. Thanks anyway, Johan ---
**Author:** ![Stephan\_Kamper3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Stephan\_Kamper3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stephan_Kamper3)\ **Post date:** [6 January 2005 20:06 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/24 "2005-01-06T20:06:31Z")
Curt Hibbs wrote: > So Mark, are you saying that you are also not getting your path set to > include \\bin? If so, ca you also email me your system and user path > setting. I need to be able to duplicate this problem. Since only two out of > a thousand downloaders have reported this, its definitely an isolated (but > very strange) problem and I'd like to get to the bottom of it. Same problem over here. So now, we're three out of thousands. As far as I am concerned there are no spaces in path names in my PATH environment variable. However, another possible problem-introducing character which might introduce problems might be the tilde (~), because it's used in older Win installers. Happy rubying Stephan ---
**Author:** ![linus\_sellberg2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/839c29/32.png) [@linus\_sellberg2](https://rubytalk.org/u/linus_sellberg2)\ **Post date:** [11 January 2005 14:41 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/25 "2005-01-11T14:41:19Z")
Johan Nilsson wrote: > Oh, that's what I've already done. The PATHEXT stuff I can live without - writing the extra ".rb" is fine with me. Well, you'd have to manually invoke the interpreter without it. That isn't needed with PATHEXT. (ie, 'ruby foo.rb' vs 'foo') ---
**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\ **Post date:** [6 January 2005 20:41 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/26 "2005-01-06T20:41:57Z")
Stephan Kämper wrote: > Curt Hibbs wrote: > \> So Mark, are you saying that you are also not getting your path set to > \> include \\bin? If so, ca you also email me your system and > user path > \> setting. I need to be able to duplicate this problem. Since > only two out of > \> a thousand downloaders have reported this, its definitely an > isolated (but > \> very strange) problem and I'd like to get to the bottom of it. > > Same problem over here. So now, we're three out of thousands. > As far as I am concerned there are no spaces in path names in my PATH > environment variable. However, another possible problem-introducing > character which might introduce problems might be the tilde (~), because > it's used in older Win installers. Do you know what the most recent version of the installer that you have used that did not exhibit this problem? Curt ---
**Author:** ![Johan\_Nilsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Johan\_Nilsson](https://rubytalk.org/u/Johan_Nilsson)\ **Post date:** [11 January 2005 14:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/27 "2005-01-11T14:46:19Z")
"linus sellberg" \ wrote in message news:cs0ocl$2jv$1@news.island.liu.se... > Johan Nilsson wrote: > > > Oh, that's what I've already done. The PATHEXT stuff I can live without - writing the extra ".rb" is fine with me. > > Well, you'd have to manually invoke the interpreter without it. That isn't needed with PATHEXT. No, just 'foo.rb' works fine without PATHEXT. Not 'foo', obviously. The associations are correct, try: assoc | findstr /l .rb ftype | findstr /l rbFile // Johan ---
**Author:** ![Stephan\_Kamper3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Stephan\_Kamper3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stephan_Kamper3)\ **Post date:** [6 January 2005 21:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/28 "2005-01-06T21:46:29Z")
Curt Hibbs wrote: > Do you know what the most recent version of the installer that you have used > that did not exhibit this problem? Good question... I didn't have noticed any problems before with Ruby not being in the PATH, but as far as I remember I installed pretty much every one-click installer as soon as you published it. (As far as Ruby is concerned I'm an early adopter - most of the time.) Happy Rubying Stephan ---
**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\ **Post date:** [6 January 2005 22:04 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/29 "2005-01-06T22:04:31Z")
Stephan Kämper wrote: > Curt Hibbs wrote: > \> > \> Do you know what the most recent version of the installer that > you have used > \> that did not exhibit this problem? > > Good question... I didn't have noticed any problems before with Ruby not > being in the PATH, but as far as I remember I installed pretty much > every one-click installer as soon as you published it. (As far as Ruby > is concerned I'm an early adopter - most of the time.) If its not too much trouble, RC10 and RC11 are still out there on RubyForge and I'd be interested to know if those work or fail. Thanks, Curt ---
**Author:** ![Stephan\_Kamper3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Stephan\_Kamper3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stephan_Kamper3)\ **Post date:** [6 January 2005 23:16 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/30 "2005-01-06T23:16:29Z")
Curt Hibbs wrote: > If its not too much trouble, RC10 and RC11 are still out there on RubyForge > and I'd be interested to know if those work or fail. I'll be glad to help. The download is unusually slow BTW; approx. 10kB/sec at 2005-01-06T23:15 MEZ. Here's what I did: - Uninstall Ruby-1.8.2-14 - ruby\bin is still in the PATH; removed it. - Nothing about Ruby in PATHEXT - Installed RC10 - There's no Ruby in the PATH and no rb/rbw in PATHEXT.    Not even after rebooting, which shouldn't be necessary with XP. - Uninstalled Ruby RC10 - Installed RC11 - Still no Ruby in the PATH (and nothing ruby-related in PATHEXT) Happy rubying Stephan ---
**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\ **Post date:** [7 January 2005 00:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/31 "2005-01-07T00:01:58Z")
Stephan Kämper wrote: > Curt Hibbs wrote: > \> If its not too much trouble, RC10 and RC11 are still out there > on RubyForge > \> and I'd be interested to know if those work or fail. > \> > > I'll be glad to help. > The download is unusually slow BTW; approx. 10kB/sec at 2005-01-06T23:15 > MEZ. RubyForge is being hammered by people downloading the newly released one-click installer (averaging 240 downloads/day since its release), so that is really sucking up RubyForge's bandwidth. > Here's what I did: > > - Uninstall Ruby-1.8.2-14 > - ruby\bin is still in the PATH; removed it. > - Nothing about Ruby in PATHEXT > - Installed RC10 > - There's no Ruby in the PATH and no rb/rbw in PATHEXT. >    Not even after rebooting, which shouldn't be necessary with XP. > - Uninstalled Ruby RC10 > - Installed RC11 > - Still no Ruby in the PATH (and nothing ruby-related in PATHEXT) Perfect procedure. If I could ask you to do one more thing I would really appreciate it. When I added RubyGems into the installer, I had to modify the little C program we have that sets environment variables (like PATH and PATHEXT). RC7 was before this modification, and I just put it back up on RubyForge. Could you please give that a try with the same procedure you used above? Thanks, Curt ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Copeland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tom\_Copeland](https://rubytalk.org/u/Tom_Copeland)\ **Post date:** [7 January 2005 03:36 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/32 "2005-01-07T03:36:24Z")
Austin Ziegler has kindly provided a mirror server; I need to hack the GForge code to recognize which files we put up there and do a redirect and all that. Hopefully soon... Yours, tom > **···** > > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 19:01, Curt Hibbs wrote: > > > RubyForge is being hammered by people downloading the newly released > > one-click installer (averaging 240 downloads/day since its release), so that > > is really sucking up RubyForge's bandwidth. ---
**Author:** ![Stephan\_Kamper3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Stephan\_Kamper3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stephan_Kamper3)\ **Post date:** [7 January 2005 09:16 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/33 "2005-01-07T09:16:38Z")
Curt Hibbs wrote: > Perfect procedure. If I could ask you to do one more thing I would really > appreciate it. Sure. \> When I added RubyGems into the installer, I had to modify the > little C program we have that sets environment variables (like PATH and > PATHEXT). > > RC7 was before this modification, and I just put it back up on RubyForge. > Could you please give that a try with the same procedure you used above? Now we seem to have hit something: The RC7a installer sets up the PATH and PATHEXT environment variables. Hope that helped & Happy rubying Stephan ---
**Author:** ![Curt\_Hibbs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Curt\_Hibbs3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Curt_Hibbs3)\ **Post date:** [7 January 2005 11:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/34 "2005-01-07T11:18:24Z")
Stephan Kämper wrote: > Curt Hibbs wrote: > \> Perfect procedure. If I could ask you to do one more thing I > would really > \> appreciate it. > > Sure. > > \> When I added RubyGems into the installer, I had to modify the > \> little C program we have that sets environment variables (like PATH and > \> PATHEXT). > \> > \> RC7 was before this modification, and I just put it back up on > RubyForge. > \> Could you please give that a try with the same procedure you used above? > \> > > Now we seem to have hit something: The RC7a installer sets up the PATH > and PATHEXT environment variables. Yeah.... that's a big help, thanks! Its still strange that it fails on you machine and a couple others, but works on the vast majority. But at least I've got a place to start looking. Thanks, Curt > **···** > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/2004 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Copeland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tom\_Copeland](https://rubytalk.org/u/Tom_Copeland)\ **Post date:** [7 January 2005 21:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/35 "2005-01-07T21:50:31Z")
Hey, this happened sooner than I thought! All RubyForge file downloads larger than 4 MB are now being served up by Austin's machine. So if you download the Windows installer: [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=167](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167) it should come down nice and fast. This should make things faster for everyone. Many thanks to Austin Ziegler for providing this resource! Please let me know if anyone sees anything that appears odd.. Thanks, Tom > **···** > > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 22:36, Tom Copeland wrote: > > > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 19:01, Curt Hibbs wrote: > > \> RubyForge is being hammered by people downloading the newly released > > \> one-click installer (averaging 240 downloads/day since its release), so that > > \> is really sucking up RubyForge's bandwidth. > > > > Austin Ziegler has kindly provided a mirror server; I need to hack the > > GForge code to recognize which files we put up there and do a redirect > > and all that. Hopefully soon... ---
**Author:** ![Johan\_Nilsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Johan\_Nilsson](https://rubytalk.org/u/Johan_Nilsson)\ **Post date:** [11 January 2005 14:36 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560/36 "2005-01-11T14:36:19Z")
"Curt Hibbs" \ wrote in message news:EAENKKNOJPMNCDMLDOMLAEJIHFAA.curt@hibbs.com... > Stephan Kämper wrote: > > > [snip] > Yeah.... that's a big help, thanks! Its still strange that it fails on you > machine and a couple others, but works on the vast majority. But at least > I've got a place to start looking. Curt, sorry for noticing so late that this discussion got up to speed again (it's a long way down in my newsreader). I haven't tried a recent install but I'm definitely (~95%) sure that this worked with RC9 as well. // Johan [Previous page](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-one-click-installer-182-14-final-happy-new-year/15560.md?page=1)