# Installing on Windows 7 64 bit
**URL:** https://rubytalk.org/t/installing-on-windows-7-64-bit/60969
**Category:** ruby-talk
**Created:** [27 November 2010 15:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/installing-on-windows-7-64-bit/60969 "2010-11-27T15:46:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Victor\_Ce](https://rubytalk.org/u/Victor_Ce)
#### Post date: [27 November 2010 15:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/installing-on-windows-7-64-bit/60969/1 "2010-11-27T15:46:23Z")
I would like to install ruby 1.86 or 1.9 on Windows 7 64 bit but I do
not know if it is compatible nor what are the steps involved to install
it nor if there is any configuration involved.
Could someone kindly provide me with a detail step by step process on
how to install ruby, rails and ruby gems on Windows 7 64 bit. Thanks I
would greatly appreciate it. I would love to learn these languages to
program.
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### Author:  [@Gavin\_Kistner3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gavin_Kistner3)
#### Post date: [27 November 2010 16:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/installing-on-windows-7-64-bit/60969/2 "2010-11-27T16:00:15Z")
I use Ruby on Win7 64-bit at work with no issues.
Step 1) Download and run the installer from here:
> **[Downloads](https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/)**
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> The easy way to install Ruby on Windows This is a self-contained Windows-based installer that includes the Ruby language, an execution environment, important...
Step 2) Also download the DevKit 4.5.0 from that page.
Step 3) Follow the installation steps from this page:
> **[Development Kit](https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit)**
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> RubyInstaller for Windows - Build recipes. Contribute to oneclick/rubyinstaller development by creating an account on GitHub.
Step 4) Install whatever gems you like as normal, e.g. `gem install
rails`
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> On Nov 27, 8:46 am, Victor Ce \ wrote:
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> > Could someone kindly provide me with a detail step by step process on
> > how to install ruby, rails and ruby gems on Windows 7 64 bit. Thanks I
> > would greatly appreciate it. I would love to learn these languages to
> > program.
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### Author:  [@Phil](https://rubytalk.org/u/Phil)
#### Post date: [27 November 2010 17:32 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/installing-on-windows-7-64-bit/60969/3 "2010-11-27T17:32:21Z")
> I would like to install ruby 1.86 or 1.9 on Windows 7 64 bit but I do
> not know if it is compatible nor what are the steps involved to install
> it nor if there is any configuration involved.
Ruby will work on all Windows versions and editions since 2001. That
includes 64 bit versions.
However: Ruby itself is still 32 bit, and thus has the 32 bit
limitations (which are largely theoretical limitations, anyway).
> Could someone kindly provide me with a detail step by step process on
> how to install ruby, rails and ruby gems on Windows 7 64 bit. Thanks I
> would greatly appreciate it. I would love to learn these languages to
> program.
With Ruby 1.9.x you don't have to install RubyGems: it is part of the
standard library now. So, just download Ruby 1.9.x off of
RubyInstaller.org, install it, and then do "gem install rails" as
usual.
If you get compilation errors, then you will \*have\* to install the
devkit, as Phrogz outlined. However, having installed Rails 3.0.3 just
yesterday on JRuby 1.5.5 and Ruby 1.9.2-p0 (both on Windows 7 64 bit),
I didn't see anything that would require compilation of a native gem.
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> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Victor Ce \ wrote:
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