Upgrading ruby version - is there a command line/gems upgrade method to do this?

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*Hi,

Re upgrading to the latest version of Ruby is there a command line / gems
type upgrade approach, or do I need to download the "*Ruby 1.8.5 One-Click
Installer <http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/12751/ruby185-21.exe>Stable
version (
*recommended*)" and use this to update my windows install?

Thanks

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I don't think anything like that exists. There was a thread sometimes
ago about preserving installed gems across installation (I don't
remember what they did come to).

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On 10/16/06, Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@gmail.com> wrote:

*Hi,

Re upgrading to the latest version of Ruby is there a command line / gems
type upgrade approach, or do I need to download the "*Ruby 1.8.5 One-Click
Installer <http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/12751/ruby185-21.exe&gt;Stable
version (
*recommended*)" and use this to update my windows install?

Thanks

3

ok - so just run the install executable over my existing installation then I
guess?

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On 10/17/06, Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@gmail.com> wrote:

On 10/16/06, Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Hi,
>
> Re upgrading to the latest version of Ruby is there a command line /
gems
> type upgrade approach, or do I need to download the "*Ruby 1.8.5One-Click
> Installer <http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/12751/ruby185-21.exe
>Stable
> version (
> *recommended*)" and use this to update my windows install?
>
> Thanks

I don't think anything like that exists. There was a thread sometimes
ago about preserving installed gems across installation (I don't
remember what they did come to).

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Greg Hauptmann wrote:

ok - so just run the install executable over my existing installation then I
guess?

Just be aware that it will probably wipe out anything in your ruby directory, including gems and anything else, last I heard.

-Justin