# Windows Installer for Ruby 1.8.0 (CVS) **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [28 May 2003 21:12 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162 "2003-05-28T21:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Andrew\_Hunt](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Hunt)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2003 21:12 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/1 "2003-05-28T21:12:53Z")
Hi all, I finally managed to scrape together a few spare minutes and put up the latest CVS snapshot of Ruby 1.8 packaged in the Windows Installer version, available on [rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net](http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net). Enjoy! /\ndy > **···** > > ## – Andrew Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. Innovative Object-Oriented Software Development and Mentoring for Agile Methods web: [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com) email: [andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com](mailto:andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com) > > Author of “The Pragmatic Programmer” \* “Programming Ruby” \* The Agile Manifesto > Columnist for IEEE Software Magazine \* Board of Directors, Agile Alliance > Pragmatic T-shirts available at: [www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/merchandise.html](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/merchandise.html) ---
**Author:** ![gabriele\_renzi4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e36b37/32.png) [@gabriele\_renzi4](https://rubytalk.org/u/gabriele_renzi4)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2003 22:38 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/2 "2003-05-28T22:38:23Z")
thanks! > **···** > > il Thu, 29 May 2003 06:12:53 +0900, Andrew Hunt [andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com](mailto:andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com) ha scritto:: > > > Hi all, > > > > I finally managed to scrape together a few spare minutes and put up the > > latest CVS snapshot of Ruby 1.8 packaged in the Windows Installer > > version, available on [rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net](http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net). ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Morris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Chris\_Morris](https://rubytalk.org/u/Chris_Morris)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2003 23:04 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/3 "2003-05-28T23:04:42Z")
> I finally managed to scrape together a few spare minutes and put up the > latest CVS snapshot of Ruby 1.8 packaged in the Windows Installer > version, available on [rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net](http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net). Cool. Any plans to move this into the sf cvs repository? Chris [http://clabs.org/blog](http://clabs.org/blog) ---
**Author:** ![gabriele\_renzi4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e36b37/32.png) [@gabriele\_renzi4](https://rubytalk.org/u/gabriele_renzi4)\ **Post date:** [29 May 2003 19:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/4 "2003-05-29T19:22:25Z")
Ok, someone told me that using OSS even means showing bugs you found: > **···** > > il Thu, 29 May 2003 06:12:53 +0900, Andrew Hunt [andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com](mailto:andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com) ha scritto:: > > > Hi all, > > > > I finally managed to scrape together a few spare minutes and put up the > > latest CVS snapshot of Ruby 1.8 packaged in the Windows Installer > > version, available on [rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net](http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net). > > > > Enjoy! > > * * * > > ## This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application’s support team for more information. prova.rb:6: warning: don’t put space before argument parentheses prova.rb:7: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.0 (2003-05-26) [i386-mswin32] > > the file is: > > require ‘fox’ > include Fox > application = FXApp.new(“Dialog”, “FoxTest”) > application.create > mw=FXMainWindow.new (application, “Dialog Test”, nil, nil, > DECOR\_ALL, 0, 0, 400, 200) > FXDialogBox.new(mw, “Test of Dialog Box”, > DECOR\_TITLE|DECOR\_BORDER).execute > application.run > > running on WinXP Pro /Athlon XP 2000+ > > Ok, sorry for bothering you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Charles\_D\_Hixson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@Charles\_D\_Hixson](https://rubytalk.org/u/Charles_D_Hixson)\ **Post date:** [29 May 2003 21:40 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/5 "2003-05-29T21:40:45Z")
Andrew Hunt wrote: > Hi all, > > I finally managed to scrape together a few spare minutes and put up the > latest CVS snapshot of Ruby 1.8 packaged in the Windows Installer > version, available on [rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net](http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net). > > Enjoy! > > /\ndy I’m experiencing a problem with file “ruby180-9.exe”: The install button is disabled. (Fix at end.) I’ve downloaded it twice today from two different sourceforge repositories, and also rebooted. Made no difference. Neither did picking custom instead of default, nor browsing to the directory that I wanted to install into. The install directory choosen is the default. I’m using Win98 (4.10.2222 A), I have 3.1x GB free, I have 511MB Ram on a GenuineIntel x86 Family 15 Model 1 stepping 2 CPU. (It’s a Gateway if that matters, the model isn’t visible anywhere, sorry.) It doesn’t hang, or anything like that. The install button is just disabled. Back works fine. So does both Cancel and clicking the window close box. FIX: In order to install I finally tried deleting the folder which the previous install had created (C:\ruby). Then the install proceeded. It appears to have come to a normal termination (I haven’t rebooted yet, since I started this letter before the idea of deleting the old install folder occurred to me), but everything looks good. > **···** > > – > – Charles Hixson > Gnu software that is free, > The best is yet to be. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Davies1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Alan\_Davies1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Alan_Davies1)\ **Post date:** [30 May 2003 16:32 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/6 "2003-05-30T16:32:46Z")
It seems that the installer installs all the documenation even you if you choose not to install it. Not a major problem, but a bit of a pain installing it all when you don’t need it (e.g. on a box that runs scripts but you never actually do any development on) In article [1054156369.28454.91.camel@workbench.toolshed.com](mailto:1054156369.28454.91.camel@workbench.toolshed.com), [andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com](mailto:andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com) says… > **···** > > > Hi all, > > > > I finally managed to scrape together a few spare minutes and put up the > > latest CVS snapshot of Ruby 1.8 packaged in the Windows Installer > > version, available on [rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net](http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net). > > > > Enjoy! > > > > /\ndy ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Andrew\_Hunt](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Hunt)\ **Post date:** [29 May 2003 01:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/7 "2003-05-29T01:01:07Z")
Oh, I’ve got nothing BUT plans 🙂 Yes, the way the build scripts work, you can start with an empty directory and they will pull down all of the bits and pieces off of the net, patch and babysit the ones which don’t build right out of the box (grrr…) and then jam the whole mess together using the Nullsoft installer. So my plan is to put the source for the builder up on sf, and then hand out CVS rights to anyone with more free time than me (i.e., almost anyone 🙂 to help keep it up to date and improve it. I just need to “tidy a few things up”, as they say, and remove a few lingering machine/setup dependencies. It should only take a few hours, so I should be able to get it done sometime in the next six months :-0 /\ndy > **···** > > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 19:04, Chris Morris wrote: > > > > I finally managed to scrape together a few spare minutes and put up the > > > latest CVS snapshot of Ruby 1.8 packaged in the Windows Installer > > > version, available on [rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net](http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net). > > > > Cool. Any plans to move this into the sf cvs repository? > > ## – Andrew Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. Innovative Object-Oriented Software Development and Mentoring for Agile Methods web: [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com) email: [andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com](mailto:andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com) > > Author of “The Pragmatic Programmer” \* “Programming Ruby” \* The Agile Manifesto > Columnist for IEEE Software Magazine \* Board of Directors, Agile Alliance > Pragmatic T-shirts available at: [www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/merchandise.html](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/merchandise.html) ---
**Author:** ![HAL\_9000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@HAL\_9000](https://rubytalk.org/u/HAL_9000)\ **Post date:** [29 May 2003 19:36 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/8 "2003-05-29T19:36:51Z")
> * * * > > ## This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application’s support team for more information. prova.rb:6: warning: don’t put space before argument parentheses prova.rb:7: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.0 (2003-05-26) [i386-mswin32] > > the file is: > > require ‘fox’ > include Fox > application = FXApp.new(“Dialog”, “FoxTest”) > application.create > mw=FXMainWindow.new (application, “Dialog Test”, nil, nil, > DECOR\_ALL, 0, 0, 400, 200) > FXDialogBox.new(mw, “Test of Dialog Box”, > DECOR\_TITLE|DECOR\_BORDER).execute > application.run Hmm… my knowledge of Fox isn’t that deep… but perhaps you have to do app.run before you do the .execute? Hal > **···** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: “gabriele renzi” [surrender\_it@rc1.vip.lng.yahoo.com](mailto:surrender_it@rc1.vip.lng.yahoo.com) > Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby > To: “ruby-talk ML” [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:22 PM > Subject: Re: Windows Installer for Ruby 1.8.0 (CVS) ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_Johnson6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lyle\_Johnson6](https://rubytalk.org/u/Lyle_Johnson6)\ **Post date:** [29 May 2003 22:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/9 "2003-05-29T22:24:51Z")
gabriele renzi wrote: > Ok, someone told me that using OSS even means showing bugs you found: > > * * * > > ## This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application’s support team for more information. prova.rb:6: warning: don’t put space before argument parentheses prova.rb:7: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.0 (2003-05-26) [i386-mswin32] Running on Linux provides a (slightly) more informative error message: ``` FXRbDialogBox::create: trying to create window before creating owner window. ``` The problem is that the main window (the “owner” of the dialog box) has not been created (realized) at the time that you try to create the dialog box. If you rearrange your program a little bit so that the main window has been created first: ``` require 'fox' include Fox application = FXApp.new("Dialog", "FoxTest") mw = FXMainWindow.new(application, "Dialog Test", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL, 0, 0, 400, 200) application.create FXDialogBox.new(mw, "Test of Dialog Box", DECOR_TITLE|DECOR_BORDER).execute application.run ``` You will at least see the dialog box. Still not a very interesting program, of course 😉 I think you will have better luck if you start by running the example programs and trying to understand how they work before just assembling random programs to see what happens. Good luck, Lyle ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hunt1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Andrew\_Hunt1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Hunt1)\ **Post date:** [30 May 2003 14:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/10 "2003-05-30T14:43:45Z")
That’s because it will not allow you to install into an existing directory, that’s all. Pick a new directory name and all will be well… /\ndy > **···** > > On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 17:40, Charles Hixson wrote: > > > I’m experiencing a problem with file “ruby180-9.exe”: The install > > button is disabled. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Davies1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Alan\_Davies1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Alan_Davies1)\ **Post date:** [30 May 2003 16:33 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/11 "2003-05-30T16:33:01Z")
Also, ruby --version gives: ruby 1.8.0 (2003-05-26) [i386-mswin32] Where as 1.6.8 gave: ruby 1.6.8 (2002-12-24) [i586-mswin32] i.e. its now i386 code as opposed to i585 code. Could this cause (slight) performance issues? In article [MPG.1941932f404f2137989683@news.datastream.com](mailto:MPG.1941932f404f2137989683@news.datastream.com), NOSPAMcs96and@yahoo.co.ukNOSPAM says… > **···** > > > It seems that the installer installs all the documenation even you if > > you choose not to install it. > > > > Not a major problem, but a bit of a pain installing it all when you > > don’t need it (e.g. on a box that runs scripts but you never actually do > > any development on) > > > > In article [1054156369.28454.91.camel@workbench.toolshed.com](mailto:1054156369.28454.91.camel@workbench.toolshed.com), > > [andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com](mailto:andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com) says… > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I finally managed to scrape together a few spare minutes and put up the > > > latest CVS snapshot of Ruby 1.8 packaged in the Windows Installer > > > version, available on [rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net](http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net). > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > > > > /\ndy ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Andrew\_Hunt](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Hunt)\ **Post date:** [30 May 2003 18:33 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/12 "2003-05-30T18:33:13Z")
Oops. That sounds like a wee bug. I’ll take a look. /\ndy > **···** > > On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 12:32, Alan Davies wrote: > > > It seems that the installer installs all the documenation even you if > > you choose not to install it. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Freeze2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jim\_Freeze2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jim_Freeze2)\ **Post date:** [29 May 2003 01:06 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/13 "2003-05-29T01:06:28Z")
So, I guess Agile Methods have nothing to do with time management. 🙂 (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) > **···** > > On Thursday, 29 May 2003 at 10:01:07 +0900, Andrew Hunt wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 19:04, Chris Morris wrote: > > > > > Cool. Any plans to move this into the sf cvs repository? > > > > Oh, I’ve got nothing BUT plans 🙂 > > > > It should only take a few hours, so I should be able to get it done > > sometime in the next six months :-0 > > > > Innovative Object-Oriented Software Development and Mentoring for Agile Methods > > Author of “The Pragmatic Programmer” \* “Programming Ruby” \* The Agile Manifesto > > Columnist for IEEE Software Magazine \* Board of Directors, Agile Alliance > > ## – Jim Freeze > > A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it > is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Andrew\_Hunt](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Hunt)\ **Post date:** [30 May 2003 18:34 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/14 "2003-05-30T18:34:37Z")
Hey, I just compile it using the provided makefile. Could someone in-the-know elucidate? /\ndy > **···** > > On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 12:33, Alan Davies wrote: > > > Also, ruby --version gives: > > ruby 1.8.0 (2003-05-26) [i386-mswin32] > > > > Where as 1.6.8 gave: > > ruby 1.6.8 (2002-12-24) [i586-mswin32] > > > > i.e. its now i386 code as opposed to i585 code. Could this cause > > (slight) performance issues? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hunt1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Andrew\_Hunt1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Hunt1)\ **Post date:** [29 May 2003 01:52 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/15 "2003-05-29T01:52:46Z")
🙂 If they do, then I missed the boat on that particular topic! I’ll be the first to admit that time managment is not one one of my core competencies 🙂 It’s really just a matter of too many interests and too few hours in the day… Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go put another coat of stain on an oak CD rack I’m building, read the last of “Sea View Secret” to my son, practice a little on the horn, finish writing a new piece on the piano, write another chapter of what might become a book, discover the cure for cancer and implement world peace 🙂 🙂 /\ndy > **···** > > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 21:06, Jim Freeze wrote: > > > On Thursday, 29 May 2003 at 10:01:07 +0900, Andrew Hunt wrote: > > > So, I guess Agile Methods have nothing to do with time management. 🙂 > > (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) ---
**Author:** ![Berger\_Daniel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Berger\_Daniel2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Berger_Daniel2)\ **Post date:** [29 May 2003 15:12 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/windows-installer-for-ruby-1-8-0-cvs/6162/16 "2003-05-29T15:12:06Z")
Thanks! If anyone is interested, I posted some side-by-side benchmarks of 1.6.8 vs 1.8.0 on my Win2k box at home. You’ll note the considerable improvement in IO read operations. As per the suggestion of some folks on IRC, I ran them a few times to make sure disk caching didn’t play a part in the results. [http://ruby-miscutils.sourceforge.net/compare\_author\_berger-2.html](http://ruby-miscutils.sourceforge.net/compare_author_berger-2.html) Regards, Dan