# Need help running RDE on WIN2000 **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [26 March 2003 20:12 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/need-help-running-rde-on-win2000/5360 "2003-03-26T20:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_Freeze2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jim\_Freeze2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jim_Freeze2)\ **Post date:** [26 March 2003 20:12 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/need-help-running-rde-on-win2000/5360/1 "2003-03-26T20:12:42Z")
Ok, now that I have got the right version. 🙂 I click on the rde.exe and it brings up a dialog saying that an error has occured, a log file has been generated (it doesn’t tell me where) and that windows is going to shut down the app. This was for version 0990. I did not see 0991, but I did see 0991patch. Ok, now what have I done wrong? ☹ Thanks > **···** > > On Wednesday, 26 March 2003 at 6:52:58 +0900, Daniel Berger wrote: > > > Jim Freeze wrote: > > > > > I installed ruby and downloaded rde, but I could not get it to install. > > > I tried to run install.rb and got the following: > > > > Oops - looks like you downloaded the source, not the binary. Scroll > > down a bit on the sourceforge page. You shouldn’t have to do any sort > > of installation work. Just double click on the rde.exe (which has a red > > & white icon). > > > > I’ve done the same thing. > > ## – Jim Freeze > > Disclaimer: “These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they be > yours too.” > – Dave Haynie ---
**Author:** ![Berger\_Daniel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Berger\_Daniel2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Berger_Daniel2)\ **Post date:** [26 March 2003 22:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/need-help-running-rde-on-win2000/5360/2 "2003-03-26T22:22:36Z")
Jim Freeze wrote: > > Ok, now that I have got the right version. 🙂 > I click on the rde.exe and it brings up a dialog > saying that an error has occured, a log file has > been generated (it doesn’t tell me where) and > that windows is going to shut down the app. > > This was for version 0990. I did not see 0991, but I did > see 0991patch. > > Ok, now what have I done wrong? ☹ > > ## Thanks > > ## Jim Freeze > > Disclaimer: “These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they be > yours too.” > – Dave Haynie Sounds like a bug to me. Check the Bugs section of the sourceforge page to see if that has already been reported (and if not - report it!). Try 0.9.6 - that’s what I’m using and it works fine. Regards, Dan > **···** > > > On Wednesday, 26 March 2003 at 6:52:58 +0900, Daniel Berger wrote: > > – > a = [74, 117, 115, 116, 32, 65, 110, 111, 116, 104, 101, 114, 32, 82] > a.push(117,98, 121, 32, 72, 97, 99, 107, 101, 114) > puts a.pack(“C\*”) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Freeze2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jim\_Freeze2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jim_Freeze2)\ **Post date:** [27 March 2003 02:23 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/need-help-running-rde-on-win2000/5360/3 "2003-03-27T02:23:43Z")
Could it be particular type of ruby binary that I installed? On the ruby-lang download page I see: You can get Ruby-mswin32 . ← I did not install this one \< I installed the one below \> Install Ruby under Windows … A single download that contains everything you need to run Ruby under various Windows operating systems. > **···** > > On Thursday, 27 March 2003 at 7:22:36 +0900, Daniel Berger wrote: > > > Jim Freeze wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday, 26 March 2003 at 6:52:58 +0900, Daniel Berger wrote: > > > > > This was for version 0990. I did not see 0991, but I did > > > see 0991patch. > > > > Sounds like a bug to me. Check the Bugs section of the sourceforge page > > to see if that has already been reported (and if not - report it!). > > > > Try 0.9.6 - that’s what I’m using and it works fine. > > ## – Jim Freeze > > Stay away from hurricanes for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Freeze2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jim\_Freeze2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jim_Freeze2)\ **Post date:** [27 March 2003 15:15 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/need-help-running-rde-on-win2000/5360/4 "2003-03-27T15:15:32Z")
Ok, I have tried the following: rde0996e # brings up gui but crashes when try to run a program rde0997e # crashes on startup rde0998 # crashes on startup rde0990 with 0991patch # crashes on startup BTW, the crash is the same for all above: A dialog is brought up saying that rde.exe has caused an error and Windows is going to shut it down. Also, I have verified that I am using mswin. And, to add even more confusion, the scite editor, which did work, now is not able to create a process when I try to run a program. Ugh. Does anything work on winblows? (my apologies, I know this can’t be ruby’s fault. 🙂 ) > **···** > > On Thursday, 27 March 2003 at 11:23:43 +0900, Jim Freeze wrote: > > > On Thursday, 27 March 2003 at 7:22:36 +0900, Daniel Berger wrote: > > > > > Jim Freeze wrote: > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 26 March 2003 at 6:52:58 +0900, Daniel Berger wrote: > > > > > > > This was for version 0990. I did not see 0991, but I did > > > > see 0991patch. > > > > > > Sounds like a bug to me. Check the Bugs section of the sourceforge page > > > to see if that has already been reported (and if not - report it!). > > > > > > Try 0.9.6 - that’s what I’m using and it works fine. > > ## – Jim Freeze > > It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it > happens. > – Woody Allen