[Rails] Ruby update

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:33 PM, CiriusMex wrote:

Hello, I'm using instantrails 2 to develop RubyOnRails projects on
windows and need to update my ruby version to 1.8.7 (I'm still using
1.8.6). I downloaded ruby 1.8.7 here
http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7.zip
and unzipped files in the ruby folder of instantrails but when I check
"ruby -v" I still got 1.8.6 (I tried a gem update and same thing, some
gems won't update because they detect ruby 1.8.6 and not 1.8.7).

Any idea what I'm doing wrong??

On Jan 24, 2012, at 12:33 PM, CiriusMex wrote:

Hello, I'm using instantrails 2 to develop RubyOnRails projects on
windows and need to update my ruby version to 1.8.7 (I'm still using
1.8.6). I downloaded ruby 1.8.7 here http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7.zip
and unzipped files in the ruby folder of instantrails but when I check
"ruby -v" I still got 1.8.6 (I tried a gem update and same thing, some
gems won't update because they detect ruby 1.8.6 and not 1.8.7).

Any idea what I'm doing wrong??

On Jan 24, 11:38 am, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
The files you download are the source code, you'll have to compile it to have it available as a binary on your machine. Not sure how that squares with InstantRails, though. You might want to look at RailsInstaller from Engine Yard, which I gather is the latest thing for Windows + Rails. Someone else with experience using Posix software on Windows can probably point out my errors and what you should do.

Walter

ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7.zip
have it available as a binary on your machine. Not sure how that squares
with InstantRails, though. You might want to look at RailsInstaller from
Engine Yard, which I gather is the latest thing for Windows + Rails.
Someone else with experience using Posix software on Windows can probably
point out my errors and what you should do.
Hello Javier and Walter,

First thanks for your reply. I already had a look at RailsInstaller
but I would prefer not to change my development environment, just
update ruby to 1.8.7...I'm gonna keep looking for a solution about
that.

Olivier.

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On 01/24/2012 10:33 AM, CiriusMex wrote:
Hello, I'm using instantrails 2 to develop RubyOnRails projects on
windows and need to update my ruby version to 1.8.7 (I'm still using
1.8.6). I downloaded ruby 1.8.7 here http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7.zip
and unzipped files in the ruby folder of instantrails but when I check
"ruby -v" I still got 1.8.6 (I tried a gem update and same thing, some
gems won't update because they detect ruby 1.8.6 and not 1.8.7).

Any idea what I'm doing wrong??

On 01/24/2012 10:05 PM, Norm Scherer wrote:
I have done exactly what you describe and it did work. Did the files
from the zip end up in the ruby/bin and ruby/lib folders? As this is
Windows you probably should reboot if you havn't.

On Jan 24, 11:32 pm, Norm Scherer wrote:
Reviewing I think I find I did something different.  I downloaded
binaries fromhttp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/ruby-1.8.7-p330-i3...
and they worked fine.  As someone said what you have downloaded is  the
source and you really do not need that.