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- Download the windows binaries for Ruby 1.8.7 here: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/ extract that to wherever you would like, I use c:\ruby. Then put c:\ruby\bin in your PATH environment variable.
- Download the zlib package: http://www.zlib.net/zlib123-dll.zip and extract the zlib1.dll, rename it to zlib.dll and move it into your Windows\System32.
- Download the iconv package: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25167&package_id=51458. Find and extract the iconv.dll into your Windows\System32.
- Download the rubygems package and follow the instructions, basically extracting the package and running
ruby setup.rb - Verify that everything works properly by trying a
gem install rails - once that installs then do:
rails test_project
Note: If zlib.dll and iconv.dll don’t work, copy them into c:\ruby\bin
5 responses so far ↓
Rafa G. // August 11, 2009 at 6:31 am
If you want use capistrano don’t forget to install openssl for windows.
Thanks for the step-by-step guide
The Rake’s Progress - Mike Nichols - Son Of Nun Technology - Devlicio.us // September 7, 2009 at 12:52 am
[...] Ruby 1.8.7 required me to follow the steps here . This straightened out an error I was getting from Windows about [...]
Martin // September 17, 2009 at 4:39 am
Rafa G.: I found that I needed SSL just to run gem install. I used http://www.slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL_Light-0_9_8k.exe from http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html. That did the trick.
Martin // September 17, 2009 at 4:42 am
Oh yes, and gdbm.dll is also required if you are running the test suite. Still searching for that…
Aaron // September 27, 2009 at 2:12 pm
That worked! I had some issues with ruby, as it was trying to find ruby gems from the one click installer. I used unset in cygwin to delete rubyopt. Put the dlls in the bin folder of the ruby directory, installed openssl and im good to go