Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer

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Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be
ready for downloading?

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Hi there,

I too would like to know this ?

Without this, how do you upgrade on a Windows XP platform ?

regards, Daveo

dima wrote:

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David Porter wrote:

Hi there,

I too would like to know this ?

Without this, how do you upgrade on a Windows XP platform ?

regards, Daveo

dima wrote:

Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be
ready for downloading?

The OCI isn't the only way to go, though it may be worth waiting for.

There are usually windows binaries posted on

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/

but only 1.8.5 is there now.

You can build ruby yourself on windows, using one of gcc (cygwin or mingw) or the free-download MS compilers. (The NEWS file claims "build tools support" for Visual C++ 8 SP1, so maybe you don't have to use VC6 any more.)

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I just released it a few minutes ago.

Curt

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On 3/17/07, David Porter <dave@dj-software.com.au> wrote:

Hi there,

I too would like to know this ?

Without this, how do you upgrade on a Windows XP platform ?

regards, Daveo

dima wrote:
> Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be
> ready for downloading?

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Quoting Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu>:

David Porter wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I too would like to know this ?
>
> Without this, how do you upgrade on a Windows XP platform ?
>
> regards, Daveo
>
> dima wrote:
>> Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be
>> ready for downloading?
>
>

The OCI isn't the only way to go, though it may be worth waiting for.

It's definitely worth waiting for!

You can build ruby yourself on windows, using one of gcc (cygwin or
mingw) or the free-download MS compilers. (The NEWS file claims "build
tools support" for Visual C++ 8 SP1, so maybe you don't have to use VC6
any more.)

Cygwin and MSys/mingw are definitely deprecated. The OCI is built now with a
Windows compiler, although I've forgotten which one.

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Curt Hibbs wrote:

dima wrote:
> Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be
> ready for downloading?

I just released it a few minutes ago.

And it's available here: http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/

BTW, who takes care of updating the download from Ruby Programming Language? I'm just asking because the download at Download Ruby is still 1.8.5-21.

Happy rubying

Stephan

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Stephan Kämper wrote:

Curt Hibbs wrote:

dima wrote:
> Does somebody know when the Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click Installer will be
> ready for downloading?

I just released it a few minutes ago.

And it's available here: http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/

BTW, who takes care of updating the download from
Ruby Programming Language? I'm just asking because the download at
Download Ruby is still 1.8.5-21.

Happy rubying

Stephan

I think you need to send an e-mail to webmaster@ruby-lang.org, may be
they can update the link there... there must be a way to include some
nice Ruby code to automatically update these links whenever a new
version is available :slight_smile:

Regards,

Nando

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You are my heroes!

I have built it but I like to install it from official installation. I
have few XPs and it is the straightforward way to change to new
version.

Thank you once again.