# ANN: One-Click Ruby Installer 186-27 Release Candidate 1 Available **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 14, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556 "2008-09-14T22:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556/1 "2008-09-14T22:27:32Z")
Hello Rubists from the World. This message is to announce the long waited update version of One- Click Ruby Installer (OCI). This version, built with VC6, updates some of the components, including RubyGems and solve bugs found in the installer, sneaking also some requested features. As usual, you can download the latest version from the RubyForge page: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller) What is included in this version? Mainly Ruby itself was updated to 1.8.6 patchlevel 287, which will make some users feel safer now 🙂 Besides RubyGems 1.2.0, this version updates several gems: 2008-09 Release 27 - Upgraded Ruby to 1.8.6 patch level 287 - Upgraded RubyGems to 1.2.0 - Upgraded Rake to 0.8.2 - Removed Rake batch file monkeypatches - Upgraded FXRuby to 1.6.16 - Upgraded SciTE to 1.76. Fixes #8596 - Merged SciTE Ruby properties file. - Upgraded OpenGL to 0.60.0 - Upgraded Expat to 2.0.1 - Upgraded Ruby/DBI to 0.2.2 - Upgraded VRuby to vruby080229 - Upgraded win32-api to 1.2.0 - Upgraded windows-api to 0.2.4 - Upgraded windows-pr to 0.9.3 - Upgraded win32-file-stat to 1.3.1 - Upgraded win32-file to 0.5.5 - Upgraded win32-clipboard to 0.4.4 - Upgraded win32-eventlog to 0.5.0 - Upgraded win32-process to 0.5.9 - Properly identify SystemDrive. Fixes #4946 - Make RUBYOPT optional as default - Unset INPUTRC during uninstall. Fixes #4981 - Added IRB Shortcut to easy access. Fixes #8489 - Copy Emacs files to /misc. Fixes #5600 - Updated .inputrc for European keyboards NOTE: Keep in mind this is a Release Candidate and should be used for compatibility testing until Final version is released. If no outstanding issue is raised, I’ll consider this version stable and mark it as final. If not, expect another RC next week 😃 Thank you again for your patience waiting for this release. Regards, ---
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556/2 "2008-09-14T22:54:39Z")
Luis L. wrote: > Hello Rubists from the World. > > This message is to announce the long waited update version of One- > Click Ruby Installer (OCI). Bravo, Luis! Thanks for all your time and effort. ---
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556/3 "2008-09-14T22:56:01Z")
Tim H. wrote: > Luis L. wrote: > > > Hello Rubists from the World. > > > > This message is to announce the long waited update version of One- > > Click Ruby Installer (OCI). > > Bravo, Luis! Thanks for all your time and effort. Yes, I thank you as well. –Wayne ---
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556/4 "2008-09-16T00:03:26Z")
Thanks Luis ! Gracias Luis ! ---
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556/5 "2008-09-15T03:21:30Z")
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556/6 "2008-09-19T02:21:31Z")
Thanks for the new Ruby installer. There are a few bits that I find odd: I noticed that the zlib extension is both in 1.8 and in site\_ruby for some reason. The curses extension can crash Ruby easily when used improperly. irb(main):001:0\> require ‘curses’ =\> true irb(main):002:0\> Curses.close\_screen (irb):2: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11) [i386-mswin32] This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application’s support team for more information. Thanks Michal ---
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556/7 "2008-09-20T00:40:41Z")
On Sep 18, 9:13 pm, Michal S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks for the new Ruby installer. > > There are a few bits that I find odd: > > I noticed that the zlib extension is both in 1.8 and in site\_ruby for > some reason. Hmn, really odd. That could be the cause of the reported bug about Zlib buffer error. It’s supposed to be removed by the bootstrap process, but looks like is not working properly. > That will require proper reporting to curses maintainer and ruby-core to update the bundled C code extension, since Ruby Installer project is taking the binary version of it and adding the PDCurses dynamic library (DLL) to allow the extension to work, nothing more, nothing less. > Thanks > > Michal Thank you Michal for your report and feedback, nice findings! Regards, ---
**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-one-click-ruby-installer-186-27-release-candidate-1-available/148556/8 "2008-09-28T18:03:18Z")
Luis L. wrote: > - Upgraded RubyGems to 1.2.0 > - Upgraded windows-api to 0.2.4 > - Copy Emacs files to /misc. Fixes #5600 > Regards, > Luis, thanks a lot!! By the way, I’m not sure if anything has changed, but this seems to be very fast. In fairness, I bought a new PC (quad-core 4GB RAM) that is running Vista Business. I installed it on that PC and for some reason (could be the PC, the RAM) but it is blazing fasssst! ruby -v is instant. No, I mean it - instant! No cursor blinking, no nothing else. Just instant! It could be any number of issues - my virus scanner is not yet fully enabled, the machine is fast. But, I have not yet on any of my machines seen Ruby go so fasst! Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to compare it - my old laptop runs on XP and is using OCI 186-26… I haven’t upgraded yet (not sure what the process is) and I installed OCI 186-27 directly on the new machine. But, I’m happy. So, thanks again! Cheers, Mohit. 9/29/2008 | 12:02 AM.