I want to try out Ruby 1.9, but don't want to go whole hog since I have
a lot of programs that run just fine with 1.8. I also use RMagick,
which seems not to work with 1.9 yet.
Can I have both versions of Ruby installed in the Windows environment,
but have 1.8 be the default for running Ruby programs? Are there any
tricks or tips for doing this? I'm worried about conflict/errors that
may arise.
--Alex DeCaria
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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
When I asked a very similar question, the response I got from Phillip Gawlowski was:
Just download and install 1.9 from rubyinstaller.org. It installs Ruby 1.9 in its own directory by default, so that 1.8.x and 1.9 can coexist happily.
You can then install pik, for example (gem install pik), which allows you to switch Ruby interpreters (for one console session only) on the fly, and you can run your tests.
This, sans pik, is my own setup, and it works rather well.
...and it works great for me so far.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Mohit.
17/2/2010 | 11:42 AM.
On 17/2/2010 11:17 AM, Alex DeCaria wrote:
I want to try out Ruby 1.9, but don't want to go whole hog since I have
a lot of programs that run just fine with 1.8. I also use RMagick,
which seems not to work with 1.9 yet.Can I have both versions of Ruby installed in the Windows environment,
but have 1.8 be the default for running Ruby programs? Are there any
tricks or tips for doing this? I'm worried about conflict/errors that
may arise.
Just download RC2 version of RubyInstaller for 1.9:
It will install by default into "Ruby19" at the root of your system
drive (generally C:)
By default, it will not change the settings of your environment, and
you can start it from the customized command prompt shortcut that is
created inside All Programs menu.
HTH,
On Feb 17, 4:17 am, Alex DeCaria <alex.deca...@millersville.edu> wrote:
I want to try out Ruby 1.9, but don't want to go whole hog since I have
a lot of programs that run just fine with 1.8. I also use RMagick,
which seems not to work with 1.9 yet.Can I have both versions of Ruby installed in the Windows environment,
but have 1.8 be the default for running Ruby programs? Are there any
tricks or tips for doing this? I'm worried about conflict/errors that
may arise.
--
Luis Lavena
As far as installing and updating Ruby gems for the 1.9 version, if I do
that from the 1.9 command window that I open, will it then install them
in the 1.9 directory and not affect the 1.8 version? So, I can keep two
versions of gems separate as well?
--Alex
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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Is there an .exe file for 1.9 ?
I want to try out 1.9 on windows, but I am very much used to the old
.exe
I am a bit shy to fiddle with MinGW
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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Yes, that is the case. I run both 1.8.6 and 1.9.1 on my Windows boxes with completely separate gem installations. I did not have to do any extra work to accomplish this. The rubyinstallers are really great!
cr
On Feb 17, 2010, at 7:06 AM, Alex DeCaria wrote:
As far as installing and updating Ruby gems for the 1.9 version, if I do
that from the 1.9 command window that I open, will it then install them
in the 1.9 directory and not affect the 1.8 version? So, I can keep two
versions of gems separate as well?
--Alex
Is there an .exe file for 1.9 ?
By exe you mean installer?
Pointed before:
I want to try out 1.9 on windows, but I am very much used to the old
exe
Then I would recommend download binaries from here:
http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html
And follow instructions from here:
http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/documents/install.html
Try locate the specific versions of these components and get it
working.
The reasoning behind there is no One-Click Installer for Ruby 1.9 is
described here:
http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/faq
And more specifically here:
http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/faq#bundled_short
http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/faq#bundled_long
I am a bit shy to fiddle with MinGW
There is no need to fiddle with MinGW, read the tutorials:
http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/tutorials
And one that even has pretty pictures:
http://geeksharp.com/2010/01/18/windows-ruby-native-gems-1-9-1/
Cheers,
On Feb 17, 2:13 pm, Marc Heiler <sheve...@linuxmail.org> wrote:
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Luis Lavena