# Newbie: quick question re: windows install

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**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [6 June 2008 14:44 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965 "2008-06-06T14:44:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![bill\_turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@bill\_turner](https://rubytalk.org/u/bill_turner)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2008 14:44 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965/1 "2008-06-06T14:44:01Z")

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I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click  
Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The  
very first statement I encounter states "If you’re using Windows, open  
fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no  
Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,  
I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are  
appreciated!

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**Author:** ![Gordon\_Thiesfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@Gordon\_Thiesfeld](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gordon_Thiesfeld)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2008 15:08 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965/2 "2008-06-06T15:08:48Z")

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Look in %path\_to\_ruby%\bin (the default is C:\ruby\bin). You should  
see an fxri.bat in there. There is also a batch file for irb as well.  
You would run irb.bat from inside cmd.exe. They are different  
interfaces to the same interactive ruby tool. I prefer irb, because  
fxri is slow to load, but the choice is yours.

Hope that helps,

Gordon

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> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM, bill turner \<bill.turner@changent.com\> wrote:
> 
> > I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click  
> > Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The  
> > very first statement I encounter states "If you're using Windows, open  
> > fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no  
> > Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,  
> > I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are  
> > appreciated!

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**Author:** ![Luis\_Lavena1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f08c70/32.png) [@Luis\_Lavena1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Luis_Lavena1)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2008 15:08 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965/3 "2008-06-06T15:08:55Z")

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Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated  
here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say  
what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something  
else).

Regards,

> **···**
>
> On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner \<bill.tur...@changent.com\> wrote:
> 
> > I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click  
> > Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The  
> > very first statement I encounter states "If you’re using Windows, open  
> > fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no  
> > Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,  
> > I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are  
> > appreciated!
> 
> --  
> Luis Lavena

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**Author:** ![bill\_turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@bill\_turner](https://rubytalk.org/u/bill_turner)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2008 15:38 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965/4 "2008-06-06T15:38:55Z")

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okay. I'll create a folder in my start menu and put shortcuts in for  
those two bat files.

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> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:08:48 -0500, Gordon Thiesfeld \<gthiesfeld@gmail.com\> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM, bill turner \<bill.turner@changent.com\> wrote:
> > 
> > > I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click  
> > > Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The  
> > > very first statement I encounter states "If you're using Windows, open  
> > > fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no  
> > > Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,  
> > > I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are  
> > > appreciated!
> > 
> > Look in %path\_to\_ruby%\bin (the default is C:\ruby\bin). You should  
> > see an fxri.bat in there. There is also a batch file for irb as well.  
> > You would run irb.bat from inside cmd.exe. They are different  
> > interfaces to the same interactive ruby tool. I prefer irb, because  
> > fxri is slow to load, but the choice is yours.
> > 
> > Hope that helps,
> > 
> > Gordon
> 
> Bill Turner
> 
> [www.changent.com](http://www.changent.com)
> 
> Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice
> 
> Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

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**Author:** ![bill\_turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@bill\_turner](https://rubytalk.org/u/bill_turner)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2008 15:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965/5 "2008-06-06T15:43:55Z")

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It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download  
appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use  
this).

I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all  
important downloads. I also ran as administrator.

I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.  
Bill Turner

[www.changent.com](http://www.changent.com)

Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice

Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

> **···**
>
> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena \<luislavena@gmail.com\> wrote:
> 
> > On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner \<bill.tur...@changent.com\> wrote:
> > 
> > > I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click  
> > > Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The  
> > > very first statement I encounter states "If you’re using Windows, open  
> > > fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no  
> > > Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,  
> > > I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are  
> > > appreciated!
> > 
> > Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated  
> > here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say  
> > what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something  
> > else).
> > 
> > Regards,

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**Author:** ![Luis\_Lavena1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f08c70/32.png) [@Luis\_Lavena1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Luis_Lavena1)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2008 14:13 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965/6 "2008-06-07T14:13:50Z")

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> \>\> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click  
> \>\> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The  
> \>\> very first statement I encounter states "If you’re using Windows, open  
> \>\> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no  
> \>\> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,  
> \>\> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are  
> \>\> appreciated!
> 
> \>Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated  
> \>here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say  
> \>what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something  
> \>else).
> 
> \>Regards,
> 
> It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download  
> appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use  
> this).

Yeah, the binary release is newer, I had a hard time dealing with  
backward incompatibilities with 1.8.7 that I want to wait a bit until  
push it forward (we need a stable base to work with, testing several  
stuff at the same time is not good).

> I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all  
> important downloads. I also ran as administrator.

If you installed One-Click installer 1.8.6-26 the menus should be  
there, I just installed it to test and it worked.

> I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.  
> Bill Turner

What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?

> **···**
>
> On Jun 6, 5:43 pm, bill turner \<bill.tur...@changent.com\> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena \> \> \> \> \<luislav...@gmail.com\> wrote:  
> > \>On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner \<bill.tur...@changent.com\> wrote:
> 
> --  
> Luis Lavena

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**Author:** ![bill\_turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@bill\_turner](https://rubytalk.org/u/bill_turner)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2008 22:29 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965/7 "2008-06-12T22:29:41Z")

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American English.

Bill Turner

[www.changent.com](http://www.changent.com)

Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice

Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

> **···**
>
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:13:16 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena \<luislavena@gmail.com\> wrote:
> 
> > On Jun 6, 5:43 pm, bill turner \<bill.tur...@changent.com\> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena \>\> \>\> \>\> \>\> \<luislav...@gmail.com\> wrote:  
> > > \>On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner \<bill.tur...@changent.com\> wrote:  
> > > \>\> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click  
> > > \>\> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The  
> > > \>\> very first statement I encounter states "If you’re using Windows, open  
> > > \>\> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no  
> > > \>\> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,  
> > > \>\> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are  
> > > \>\> appreciated!
> > > 
> > > \>Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated  
> > > \>here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say  
> > > \>what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something  
> > > \>else).
> > > 
> > > \>Regards,
> > > 
> > > It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download  
> > > appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use  
> > > this).
> > 
> > Yeah, the binary release is newer, I had a hard time dealing with  
> > backward incompatibilities with 1.8.7 that I want to wait a bit until  
> > push it forward (we need a stable base to work with, testing several  
> > stuff at the same time is not good).
> > 
> > > I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all  
> > > important downloads. I also ran as administrator.
> > 
> > If you installed One-Click installer 1.8.6-26 the menus should be  
> > there, I just installed it to test and it worked.
> > 
> > > I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.  
> > > Bill Turner
> > 
> > What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?

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**Author:** ![bill\_turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@bill\_turner](https://rubytalk.org/u/bill_turner)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2008 14:13 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/newbie-quick-question-re-windows-install/46965/8 "2008-06-17T14:13:59Z")

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I feel like such an idiot! I found it at the bottom of my unsorted  
Start menu list. I had looked for it as if the list was sorted, and,  
of course, it was not where I expected.

Sorry!

Bill Turner

[www.changent.com](http://www.changent.com)

Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice

Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

> **···**
>
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:13:16 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena \<luislavena@gmail.com\> wrote:
> 
> > On Jun 6, 5:43 pm, bill turner \<bill.tur...@changent.com\> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena \>\> \>\> \>\> \>\> \<luislav...@gmail.com\> wrote:  
> > > \>On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner \<bill.tur...@changent.com\> wrote:  
> > > \>\> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click  
> > > \>\> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The  
> > > \>\> very first statement I encounter states "If you’re using Windows, open  
> > > \>\> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no  
> > > \>\> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,  
> > > \>\> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are  
> > > \>\> appreciated!
> > > 
> > > \>Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated  
> > > \>here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say  
> > > \>what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something  
> > > \>else).
> > > 
> > > \>Regards,
> > > 
> > > It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download  
> > > appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use  
> > > this).
> > 
> > Yeah, the binary release is newer, I had a hard time dealing with  
> > backward incompatibilities with 1.8.7 that I want to wait a bit until  
> > push it forward (we need a stable base to work with, testing several  
> > stuff at the same time is not good).
> > 
> > > I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all  
> > > important downloads. I also ran as administrator.
> > 
> > If you installed One-Click installer 1.8.6-26 the menus should be  
> > there, I just installed it to test and it worked.
> > 
> > > I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.  
> > > Bill Turner
> > 
> > What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?