Okay so I've downloaded the One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows and
installed it well under C:\Program Files\ruby
and now what do I need to do to use it? I've gone into the command
line and try to execute some commands but it doesn't work.. where do I
need to put the .rb files to?
Is the ruby binary in your path? Are you typing the following: ruby
file.rb
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM, equinox <aditya15417@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay so I've downloaded the One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows and
installed it well under C:\Program Files\ruby
and now what do I need to do to use it? I've gone into the command
line and try to execute some commands but it doesn't work.. where do I
need to put the .rb files to?
--
"Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak
so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."
-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
no it is not in my path, I am using irb as of now.. I have tried to
load it in the irb
but it doesn't work...
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On Nov 19, 2:41 pm, Glen Holcomb <damnbig...@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM, equinox <aditya15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay so I've downloaded the One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows and
> installed it well under C:\Program Files\ruby
> and now what do I need to do to use it? I've gone into the command
> line and try to execute some commands but it doesn't work.. where do I
> need to put the .rb files to?Is the ruby binary in your path? Are you typing the following: ruby
file.rb--
"Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak
so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
Make sure that you have your path setup correctly first, the installer should have done this for you if you selected that option.
I used to forget to make sure that I was in the same folder as whatever file that I wanted to require into my IRB session before I started. I just created a folder C:\rubyscripts\ that I navigate to before I start doing anything it is also where I store all my ruby scripts amazingly enough.
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From: equinox [mailto:aditya15417@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:46 PM
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Subject: Re: how do you run ruby on windows
On Nov 19, 2:41 pm, Glen Holcomb <damnbig...@gmail.com> wrote:
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM, equinox <aditya15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay so I've downloaded the One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows and
> installed it well under C:\Program Files\ruby
> and now what do I need to do to use it? I've gone into the command
> line and try to execute some commands but it doesn't work.. where do I
> need to put the .rb files to?Is the ruby binary in your path? Are you typing the following: ruby
file.rb--
"Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak
so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
no it is not in my path, I am using irb as of now.. I have tried to
load it in the irb
but it doesn't work...
So you are trying to read a source file and execute the code in irb? To do
that you need to type the following in your irb session:
source file_name.rb
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:46 PM, equinox <aditya15417@gmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 19, 2:41 pm, Glen Holcomb <damnbig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM, equinox <aditya15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Okay so I've downloaded the One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows and
> > installed it well under C:\Program Files\ruby
> > and now what do I need to do to use it? I've gone into the command
> > line and try to execute some commands but it doesn't work.. where do I
> > need to put the .rb files to?
>
> Is the ruby binary in your path? Are you typing the following: ruby
> file.rb
>
> --
> "Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions
speak
> so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."
>
> -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)no it is not in my path, I am using irb as of now.. I have tried to
load it in the irb
but it doesn't work...
--
"Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak
so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."
-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
hmm..I think I need to load the file first right in irb using the load
command?
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On Nov 19, 3:19 pm, Glen Holcomb <damnbig...@gmail.com> wrote:
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:46 PM, equinox <aditya15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 19, 2:41 pm, Glen Holcomb <damnbig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM, equinox <aditya15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Okay so I've downloaded the One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows and
> > > installed it well under C:\Program Files\ruby
> > > and now what do I need to do to use it? I've gone into the command
> > > line and try to execute some commands but it doesn't work.. where do I
> > > need to put the .rb files to?> > Is the ruby binary in your path? Are you typing the following: ruby
> > file.rb> > --
> > "Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions
> speak
> > so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."> > -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
> no it is not in my path, I am using irb as of now.. I have tried to
> load it in the irb
> but it doesn't work...So you are trying to read a source file and execute the code in irb? To do
that you need to type the following in your irb session:source file_name.rb
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"Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak
so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
Just in case you are having trouble with your Windows path variable,
here's how to add a folder to it:
*Go to your desktop and right click "My Computer".
*Select "properties" from the menu.
*Click the "Advanced" tab.
*At the bottom of the window, there's a button labeled "Environment
Variables". Click it.
*There are two listboxes on the window, the bottom one is called "System
variables". Scroll through that box until you come across "Path". Select
"Path" and click the "Edit" button.
*Click the "Variable value" textbox and hit the "End" key on your
keyboard. Type a semi-colon followed by the absolute path to your ruby
bin folder.
Also, you can always check what folder IRB is running in by typing
"Dir.pwd". You can get a list of all the .rb file in the folder IRB is
currently operating in with "Dir.glob('*.rb')". Also, you can change the
path that IRB is operating in with "Dir.chdir('c:\my_ruby_files\')".
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